Relative contributions of three descriptive methods: Implications for behavioral assessment

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-446

  Pence, Sacha T ^a   Roscoe, Eileen M ^a   Bourret And, Jason C ^a   Ahearn, Wiluam H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive analysis; Functional analysis; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549084066     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-425     Document Type: Article

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