Bouts, Changeovers, and Units of Operant Behavior

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-72

  Shull, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

bouts of responding; changeovers; log survivor plots; response rate; response strength; time allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863419757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2377729X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15021149.2011.11434355     Document Type: Article

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