Evaluating Statistical and Clinical Significance of Intervention Effects in Single-Case Experimental Designs: An SPSS Method to Analyze Univariate Data

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-241

  Maric, Marija ^a   de Haan, Else ^b   Hogendoorn, Sanne M ^c   Wolters, Lidewij H ^b   Huizenga, Hilde M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry de Bascule   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Reliable change; Single case experimental designs; Treatment efficacy; Univariate data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SEVERITY INTERVIEW FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL SEVERITY RATING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPSS METHOD; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84922768901     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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