Measuring procedural fidelity in behavioural research

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 332-348

  Ledford, Jennifer R ^a   Gast, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collecti; Procedural fidelity; Reliability of implementation; Single case research; Treatment integrity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903205968     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2013.861352     Document Type: Article

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