Evaluating treatment effects in single-subject behavioral experiments using quality-control charts

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Sideridis, Georgios D ^a,b   Greenwood, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Applied behavior analysis; Intervention effects; Quality control charts; Single subject

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844479294     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110233     Document Type: Review

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