While descriptive assessment outcomes show limited correspondence with experimental analysis outcomes, they are still often used in the treatment of problem behavior. The most effective way of treating problem behavior is by manipulating its controlling variables; however, if descriptive analyses are not depicting accurate environment-behavior relations, then treatments based off of descriptive analysis results have a higher chance of failing. The current study looks to replicate and extend the literature on utility descriptive assessments by analyzing three different data analysis methods. Three children with a diagnosis of autism were exposed to two types of experimental analyses. Following experimental analyses, descriptive assessments were completed and analyzed to determine correlations between the behavior and environmental events. The results from the three investigated data analysis methods were then compared to the outcomes of the experimental analyses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1248485 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Basham, Annika J |
| Contributors | Toussaint, Karen, Smith, Richard, Smith, Carla |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 47 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Basham, Annika J, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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