A survey evaluation of the reliability of visual inspection and functional analysis graphs

Behavior Modification

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 828-839

  Danov, Stacy E ^a   Symons, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional analysis data; Reliability; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 53149143889     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445508318606     Document Type: Article

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