Factors affecting visual inference in single-case designs

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 823-832

  Ximenes, Verônica M ^a   Manolov, Rumen ^b   Solanas, Antonio ^b   Quera, Vicenç ^b  

^a Universitadade Federal do Ceará   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Expertise; Single case designs; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149089490     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002195     Document Type: Article

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