In a Within-Subjects Design

question 21

Multiple Choice

In a within-subjects design,

• A)changes within individual participants are studied.
• B)each participant serves in every experimental condition.
• C)participants are split into groups before being randomly assigned to conditions.
• D)the dependent variable is measured only once.

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Definitions:

Total Duration

The complete amount of time taken for a specific event or activity to occur from start to finish.

Duration Per Occurrence

A type of duration recording that involves recording the length of time per episode that a student engages in a target behavior.

Average Duration

A type of duration recording that produces only one number to graph. In this approach, the durations of each episode of a target behavior are added together and divided into the total number of times the behavior occurred.

Dead Man's Test

A principle in behavior analysis suggesting that if a dead man can do it, it’s not behavior; emphasizing the importance of observable and measurable actions.