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| Repertoires changed so reinforcers are maximized and punishers are minimized. |
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| Obtains assessment information across multiple settings and persons. |
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| Full range of inquiry - interviews, observation and experimental manipulation. |
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| Method for assessing skill level using descriptions of skills and conditions under which skill is observed. |
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| Behavior providing access to new environments, reinforcers, contingencies. |
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| Effects of observation and measurement on the behavior. |
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| Recording of behavior of interest - antecedants, and consequences temporally sequenced. |
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| Important and significant changes in target behavior is a measurement of __________. |
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| Response class selected for intervention. |
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| Procedures as culturally normal as possible. |
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| Trained behavior which may produce modifications in untrained beahviors. |
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| Continuous recording of sequence of all behaviors (ABC). |
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| Topography-based Definition |
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| Behavior defined by form of the behavior. |
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| Relevance of Behavior Rule |
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| Target behaviors for change which are supported in natural environment. |
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| Function-based Definition |
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| Defines behavior based on effect on the environment. |
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| The extent observed values match the true state or values of the event as it exists in nature. |
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| Outcome that appears to exist because of the way it was measurement but in fact does not correspond to what actually occured. |
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| The extent the researcher convinces herself and others that the data are trustworthy and deserve interpretation. |
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| Procedure used to evaluate accuracy of measurement system, and when errors are found, uses that information to improve measurement system. |
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| The change in rate of responding over time. |
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| Unit of time in which celeration is plotted on a standard celeration chart. |
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| Measured as a factor by which rate multiplies or divides across the celeration time periods. |
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| Measurement where all instances of the response class of interest are detected during the observation period. |
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| Tally of the number of occurrences of a behavior. |
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| The behavior that is measured is the same as the behavior that is the focus of the investigation. |
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| Discontinuous Measurement |
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| Measurement when some instances of the response class of interest may not be detected. |
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| Any operant whose response rate is controlled by a given opportunity to emit the response. |
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| Measure of the total extent of time in which a behavior occurs. |
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| Measurement procedure for obtaining a tally or count of the number of times a behavior occurs. |
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| Exact Count-per-Interval IOA |
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| Percentage of total intervals in which two observers recorded the same count. |
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| Any operant behavior that results in minimal displacement of the participant in time and space. |
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| Ratio of count per observation time. |
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| Occurs when behavior that is measured is in some way different from the behavior of interest. |
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| Interobserver Agreement (IOA) |
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| The degree to which two or more independent observers report the same observed values after measuring the same events. |
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| Measure of temporal locus; defined as the elapsed time between two successive responses. |
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| Agreement between ovservers for data obtained by interval recording or time sampling measurements. |
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| Force or intensity with which a response is emitted. |
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| Mean Count-per-Interval IOA |
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| Average percentage of agreement between the counts reported by two observers in a measurement period comprised of a series of smaller counting times. |
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| Mean Duration-per-Occurrence IOA |
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| An IOA index for duration per occurrence data. |
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| Nonrandom measurement error; a form of inaccurate measurement in which the data consistently overestimate or underestimate the true value of an event. |
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| Measurement by Permanent Product |
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| Method of measuring behavior after it has occurred by recording the effects that the behavior produced on the environment. |
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| Measurement method in which the presence or absence of behaviors are recorded at precisely specified time intervals. |
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| Observer who is unaware of the study's purpose and/or the experimental conditions in effect during a given phase or observation period. |
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| Measure produced by an observation and measurement system. |
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| Unintended change in the way an observer uses a measurement system over the course of an investigation that results in measurement error. |
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| Influence on data reported by an observer that results from the observer's awareness that others are evaluating the data he reports. |
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| Partial-Interval Recording |
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| Time sampling method for measuring behavior in which the observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals. |
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| Ratio formed by combining the same dimensional quantities, such as count or time, expressed as a number of parts per 100. |
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| Planned Activity Check (PLACHECK) |
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| Variation of momentary time sampling in which the observer records whether each person in a group is engaged in the target behavior at specific points in time. |
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| Ratio of count per observation time. |
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| The consistency of measurement. The extent to which repeated measurement of the same event yields the same values. |
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| Measure of temporal locus; the elapsed time from the onset of a stimulus to the initiation of a response. |
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| An IOA index based only on the intervals in which either observer recorded the occurrence of the behavior. |
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| The fact that every instance of behavior occurs during some amount of time. |
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| The fact that every instance of behavior occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events. |
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| Measurement of the presence or absence of behavior within specific time intervals. |
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| The physical form or shape of a behavior. |
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| Simplest indicator of IOA for event recording data. |
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| A relevant index of IOA for total duration of measurement. |
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| An IOA index for discrete trial data based on comparing the observers' counts on a trial-by-trial, or item-by-item, basis. |
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| A special form of event recording; a measure of the number of responses or practice opportunities needed for a person to achieve a preestablished level of accuracy. |
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| Measure accepted as a quantitative description of the true state of some dimensional quality of an event as it exists in nature. |
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| An IOA index based only on the intervals in which either observer recorded the nonoccurrence of the behavior. |
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