Bottom-Up Analysis of Single-Case Research Designs

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-265

  Parker, Richard I ^a   Vannest, Kimberly J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Methods; Single case research; Visual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865407929     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-012-9153-1     Document Type: Article

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