Single subject research : applications in educational and clinical settings / Stephen B. Richards, Ronald L. Taylor, Rangasamy Ramasamy

Earlier ed. by Stephen B. Richards et al. published in 1999

Includes bibliographical references and index

Conducting Single Subject Research: Issues and Procedures -- Historical Aspects and Important Concepts in Single Subject Research -- Historical Aspects of Single Subject Research -- The X-Y or Line Graph -- Methods for Changing Target Behaviors -- Methods to Increase or Maintain Behavior -- Methods to Decrease Behavior -- Methods for Recording Behavior -- Anecdotal Records -- Event-Based Methods for Recording and Reporting Behavior -- Time-Based Methods for Recording and Reporting Behavior -- A Few Words About These Methods -- Issues in Single Subject Research -- The Concepts of Prediction, Verification, and Replication -- Reliability and Validity -- Ethics -- Overview and Application of Single Subject Designs -- Overview of Withdrawal Designs -- The A-B Design -- Mechanics of the Withdrawal Designs -- Prediction, Verification, and Replication -- Advantages of the Withdrawal Design -- Disadvantages of the Withdrawal Design -- Adaptations of the Typical Withdrawal Design -- Application of Withdrawal Designs -- The A-B-A Design -- The A-B-A-B Design -- The A-B-A-C Design -- The A-B-A-B-A-B Design -- Overview of Multiple Baseline Designs -- The Basic Multiple Baseline Design -- Mechanics of the Multiple Baseline Design -- Advantages of the Multiple Baseline Design -- Disadvantages of the Multiple Baseline Design -- The Different Multiple Baseline Designs -- Adaptations of the Multiple Baseline Design -- Application of Multiple Baseline Designs -- Multiple Baseline Across Behaviors Design -- Multiple Baseline Across Subjects Design