The Effects of Graphing a Second Observer's Data on Judgments of Functional Relations in A-B-A-B Graphs

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-364

  Ledford, Jennifer R ^a   Wolery, Mark ^a   Meeker, Kathleen Artman ^a,b   Wehby, Joseph H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentation threats to validity; Interobserver agreement; IOA data; Reliability; Second observer; Single case design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870391870     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-012-9150-4     Document Type: Article

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