Augmenting Visual Analysis in Single-Case Research With Hierarchical Linear Modeling

Behavior Modification

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-89

  Davis, Dawn H ^a   Gagné, Phill ^b   Fredrick, Laura D ^a   Alberto, Paul A ^a   Waugh, Rebecca E ^a   Haardörfer, Regine ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Education Sciences   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

growth modeling; hierarchical linear modeling; repeated measures data; single case research; visual analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 84871118845     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445512453734     Document Type: Article

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