Contingency space analysis: An alternative method for identifying contingent relations from observational data

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-81

  Martens, Brian K ^a   Digennaro, Florence D ^b   Reed, Derek D ^a   Szczech, Frances M ^a   Rosenthal, Blair D ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Melmark New England ^*

Author keywords

Conditional probabilities; Contingency space analysis; Descriptive assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 42349105316     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-69     Document Type: Article

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