Temporal distributions of problem behavior based on scatter plot analysis

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 593-604

  Kahng, SungWoo ^b   Iwata, Brian A ^a   Fischer, Sonya M ^b   Page, Terry J ^b   Treadwell, Kimberli R H ^b   Williams, Don E ^b   Smith, Richard G ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Behavioral assessment; Descriptive analysis; Observation procedures; Scatter plot; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032254257     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-593     Document Type: Article

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