Why Is It Important to Establish the Baseline Prior to Intervention

question 7

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to establish the baseline prior to intervention?

• A) to set the initial criteria for reinforcement
• B) it is not important because intervention should be implemented immediately
• C) to determine how long intervention should be implemented
• D) so that we have more data to back up observations

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