You are a BCBA reviewing a manuscript that was written by on…
You are a BCBA reviewing a manuscript that was written by one of the students you supervise. You are reviewing it before she submits it to a well-known ABA journal. This journal is adamant about picking out studies that include quality research. They do this by rating the quality indicators. Your student’s paper looks really good but the student seems to be missing the description of the intervention procedures. If the journal were to see this manuscript, what would they say?
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You are a BCBA supervising an RBT in a research clinic. You are working with a high school aged client who wants to work on basic conversational social skills. You know how important it is to see this individual learn and use these skills in the clinic, but more importantly, use these skills in many natural settings (e.g., school, extracurricular activities, home). You meet with the RBT to talk her through the implementation of a multiple baseline design across settings for this client. The RBT asks you why you are using a multiple baseline design to measure social skills. You describe all the reasons why you prefer this design, EXCEPT:
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