Predicting the relative efficacy of three presentation methods for assessing preferences of persons with developmental disabilities

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-58

  Conyers, Carole ^c   Doole, Adrienne ^c   Vause, Tricia ^c   Harapiak, Shayla ^c   Yu, Dickie C T ^b   Martin, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b St Amant Centre   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ABLA test; Developmental disabilities; Discrimination assessment; Preference assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD;

EID: 0036518248     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-49     Document Type: Article

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