Which Would Be the Most Ethically Problematic Design for Assessing

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which would be the most ethically problematic design for assessing a treatment procedure that seems to suppress Bob's tendency to attack other patients in the ward?

• A) An ABAB design
• B) A simple-comparison design
• C) A multiple-baseline-across-persons design
• D) A multiple-baseline-across-behaviors design

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