ABA 501: Measurement and Research Methods in Behavior Analysis

Program
Level
Graduate
Credits 3
This course is designed to teach students the logic of single-subject/small-N designs, which are often used to evaluate the efficacy of a behavioral treatment for individual clients. Students will learn reliable procedures for measuring behavior, various methods of graphing data, and how to visually analyze displayed data. In addition, students will learn how to critically evaluate applied, behavior-analytic research studies. Finally, students will learn to conduct a literature search, synthesize information across studies, and write a literature review. Issues related to evidenced-based practice and ethics in research will also be discussed.