A Behavior Analyst Is Conducting Research on the Accuracy of a Student's

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Multiple Choice

A behavior analyst is conducting research on the accuracy of a student's responding to written math problems based on the final answer with no scoring of intermediate calculations. Which is the BEST method for obtaining accurate inter-observer agreement results?

• A) Researcher and observer sit together to score the student's work.
• B) Photocopies of the student's work are scored independently by researcher and observer.
• C) The student's scratch paper is scored if researcher and observer do not agree on a response.
• D) Researcher scores the student's work and the observer reviews the researcher's scores for accuracy.

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