Comparison of overlap methods for quantitatively synthesizing single-subject data

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-28

  Wolery, Mark ^a   Busick, Matthew ^a   Reichow, Brian ^b   Barton, Erin E ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Pairwise data overlap squared; Percentage of data exceeding the median; Percentage of nonoverlapping data; Quantitative synthesis; Single subject designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950542990     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466908328009     Document Type: Article

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