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List the five requirements for making comparisons across baselines in concurrent multiple baseline designs. Explain the rationale for each requirement.

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First, each baseline must be independent...

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Compared to a concurrent multiple baseline, a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design ____.


A) includes the same requirements
B) is weaker regarding ability to make conclusions about a treatment condition
C) is stronger regarding ability to make conclusions about a treatment condition
D) more readily controls for extraneous variables

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The main difference between single and multiple baseline designs is that multiple baseline designs _______.


A) include an evaluation of multiple extraneous variables
B) require more than one participant, behavior, or setting for comparison
C) involve clear measurement procedures
D) do not include a baseline condition

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Describe how you would implement a multiple baseline design to evaluate the effects of a token board for on-task academic engagement in different math and reading classes for a child in a school.

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Why should an investigator be clear to others about a design being nonconcurrent if that's the type of design used in an investigation?

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Often nonconcurrent designs are graphed ...

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In all multiple baseline designs, it is important to:


A) implement baselines in different settings at the same time
B) implement baselines with different participants at the same time
C) implement interventions at the same time across baselines
D) plan for and control for extraneous variables as much as possible

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Why is it important for both researchers and practitioners to evaluate for extraneous variables?

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Extraneous variables are any variable ot...

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Multiple baseline designs use two or more baselines in a coordinated way to allow _________ comparisons within and across baselines.


A) Baseline responding
B) Control
C) Responding in control versus treatment
D) Research design

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A behavior analyst is interested in using a multiple baseline design to evaluate the effects of a of a time out procedure for multiple children with a history of aggression in a classroom. Based on this information, the behavior analyst should use the multiple baseline across _____ design.


A) participants
B) setting
C) behaviors
D) distance

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Describe how a multiple baseline across settings design is arranged.

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A multiple baseline design includes mult...

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When conducting experiments and implementing research designs why is it best to be flexible?

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When choosing a research design, as data...

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The length of overlap in a multiple baseline design should be long enough to allow for effects of _______ to emerge in the control phase.


A) independent variables
B) extraneous variables
C) dependent variables
D) measurement procedures

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Each of the following are requirements for concurrent multiple baseline designs except:


A) baselines must be dependent on each other
B) sensitivity of baselines must be demonstrated
C) control must be ongoing in one baseline when intervention occurring in another
D) overlap must be long enough to allow effects of extraneous factors to emerge

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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A behavior analyst is interested in using a multiple baseline design to evaluate the effects of praise and prompting for a child learning different types of signs in sign language. Based on this information, the behavior analyst should use the multiple baseline across _____ design.


A) participants
B) setting
C) behaviors
D) distance

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Each of the following are different forms of multiple baseline designs, except:


A) multiple baseline design across times
B) multiple baseline design across subjects
C) multiple baseline design across settings
D) multiple baseline design across behaviors

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In a multiple baseline design, why should you temporally stagger the introduction of the treatment phase in the second baseline relative to its introduction in the first baseline?

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By delaying or temporally staggering the...

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Describe how you would implement a multiple baseline design to evaluate the effects of a time out procedure for multiple children with a history of aggression in a classroom.

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If using a nonconcurrent baseline design, investigators should be clear that baselines are not concurrent so that data are not ________.


A) simultaneous
B) reoccurring
C) misleading
D) sequential

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Why must a multiple baseline design allow extraneous variables that might be operating in one baseline to impact the other baseline?

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In order to make valid comparisons betwe...

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Is there a minimum number of data points to overlap when staggering a treatment condition?

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The overlap should be sufficient enough ...

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