In a Single-Case Experiment That Is Essentially an Interrupted Time

question 15

Multiple Choice

In a single-case experiment that is essentially an interrupted time series, the ability to determine that the treatment has an effect

• A) requires that the participant understand that his or her behavior must change.
• B) requires that the experimenter must be able to predict what the behavior would have been without the treatment.
• C) requires that the mean of the pretreatment session be significantly lower than the mean of the posttreatment session.
• D) requires that the mean of all pretreatment sessions be significantly higher than the mean of all of the posttreatment sessions.

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