Moana is a BCBA who is working with a client to increase their reading fluency. She wants to determine which of the two protocols she pulled from the literature would be the most effective for increasing her learner’s reading fluency. She takes baseline data until stability and then implements that first protocol. After reaching stability with the first protocol, she does a return to baseline and then implements the second protocol. After several replications of both protocols, she then analyzes the data to determine which protocol led to higher reading fluency for her learner. Moana is adhering to which characteristic of the scientist-practitioner model?

Krister finds an article and identifies that the participants and target behavior in the article are similar to that of his client. He studies the graphs in the article and is pleased with the findings. Now he wants to replicate this study with his client and to create a program with teaching steps. Which part of the research article is the best place for Krister to find the information he needs?

Which of the following is an example of a behavior analyst engaging in ABA practice?

Casey finds an article and identifies that the participants and target behavior in the article are similar to that of their clients. They study the graphs in the article and are pleased with the findings. Now they want to replicate this study with their clients and start creating a full program and procedure. Which part of the research article is the best place for Casey to find the information they need?

Which of the following is an example of a behavior analyst conducting ABA research? 

Which of the following is an example of a restricted (discriminated) operant response?

Summer is examining a research article and wants to quickly review graphs and determine whether the intervention was effective. Which part of the research article is the best place for Summer to find this information? 

Mikeal, a behavior technician, is collecting weekly data on face slapping over multiple weeks. In Week 1, there are 35 occurrences. In Week 2, there are 19 occurrences. There are 29 occurrences each in Weeks 3 and 4, and 38 occurrences in Week 5. What is the mean level of incidents for this dataset?

  Which of the following demonstrates an accurate trend line?

  The “x” on the graph indicates: