The Impact of Baseline Trend Control on Visual Analysis of Single-Case Data

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-419

  Mercer, Sterett H ^a   Sterling, Heather E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Central Louisiana Resource Center on Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline trend; Single case; Type I errors; Visual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861746872     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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