Status of single-case research designs for evidence-based practice

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 931-938

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Turygin, Nicole C ^a   Beighley, Jennifer ^a   Matson, Michael L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Disability Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied behavior analysis; Autism; Multiple baseline design; Random stimulus design; Reversal design; Single case designs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CASE RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855283958     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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