SPCE 630 Exam 1 Fall 2023 Questions and Answers with
complete solution
Inconsistent implementation of condition protocols refers to which threat to
internal validity?
procedural infidelity
Which level of scientific understanding includes observation and accurate
description of phenomena?
description
Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation
between two variables?
hypothesis
Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by
change in the IV?
control
SCRD differs from group design in that the participant serves as their own
control
Articles in which researchers report the findings of original research are
primary research
Articles in which the authors summarize the findings of other researchers are
review articles
Articles that report statistical analyses from existing research are
meta analyses
Duration recording is a suitable data collection method for all of the following
behaviors except
number of times a student engaged in physical aggression
Event recording is used to measure behaviors that
have a clear beginning and end
do not occur at a frequency that is too high to count
are brief and temporary
Variables manipulated by researchers are known as
Independent variables
Well-designed applied research studies should
include systematic study of behaviors in typical environments
The committee responsible for examining proposed studies to ensure human
participant safety and ethical compliance is the
IRB
Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice are the ethical principles outlined
in the
belmont report
The same level of risk a participant would encounter in daily life is
minimal risk
Maximizing potential benefits while minimizing potential harm is
beneficence
Which of the following is not a function of a literature review?
, presenting a clear and concise summary of the paper
the methods section of a research article
provides a detailed operation description of how the study was conducted
the relevance of a study's data is outlined in the
discussion
the five sections of a final report in order are
abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion
Which type of recording samples behavior occurrences and provides an estimate
of the actual occurrences of the behavior?
discontinuous recording
When using MTS, occurrences of the target behavior are recorded if the behavior
occurs
at the end of the interval
If observers do not agree on behavior occurrences when collecting data (low
IOA), which common problems could be present?
observer bias, error, observer drift
Whole interval recording tends to
underestimate behavior occurrences
Which type of validity refers to whether or not the measurement procedures
accurately reflect the target behavior being measured?
construct validity
Reliability and validity refer to the same concept
false
Which of the following is the best example of a non-reversible dependent
variable?
reading sight words
Researchers can write non-examples of target behaviors in order to help increase
treatment integrity
Which type of IOA is calculated when researchers only look at intervals either or
both observers did NOT observe the target behavior?
unscored-interval IOA
Which is a measurement of whether the intervention was conducted as intended?
treatment integrity
Measurement of procedural fidelity does all of the following except
Helps cilnicians avoid emphasizing "train and hope"
The extent to which experimenters trained implementers as planned is known as
implementation fidelity
the degree to which procedures of all experimental conditions are implemented
as intended is known as
procedural fidelity
Summative analysis of treatment procedural fidelity increases which type of
validity?
Internal
Common ways to measure treatment integrity include
checklists, self-reports, direct systematic observation
complete solution
Inconsistent implementation of condition protocols refers to which threat to
internal validity?
procedural infidelity
Which level of scientific understanding includes observation and accurate
description of phenomena?
description
Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation
between two variables?
hypothesis
Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by
change in the IV?
control
SCRD differs from group design in that the participant serves as their own
control
Articles in which researchers report the findings of original research are
primary research
Articles in which the authors summarize the findings of other researchers are
review articles
Articles that report statistical analyses from existing research are
meta analyses
Duration recording is a suitable data collection method for all of the following
behaviors except
number of times a student engaged in physical aggression
Event recording is used to measure behaviors that
have a clear beginning and end
do not occur at a frequency that is too high to count
are brief and temporary
Variables manipulated by researchers are known as
Independent variables
Well-designed applied research studies should
include systematic study of behaviors in typical environments
The committee responsible for examining proposed studies to ensure human
participant safety and ethical compliance is the
IRB
Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice are the ethical principles outlined
in the
belmont report
The same level of risk a participant would encounter in daily life is
minimal risk
Maximizing potential benefits while minimizing potential harm is
beneficence
Which of the following is not a function of a literature review?
, presenting a clear and concise summary of the paper
the methods section of a research article
provides a detailed operation description of how the study was conducted
the relevance of a study's data is outlined in the
discussion
the five sections of a final report in order are
abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion
Which type of recording samples behavior occurrences and provides an estimate
of the actual occurrences of the behavior?
discontinuous recording
When using MTS, occurrences of the target behavior are recorded if the behavior
occurs
at the end of the interval
If observers do not agree on behavior occurrences when collecting data (low
IOA), which common problems could be present?
observer bias, error, observer drift
Whole interval recording tends to
underestimate behavior occurrences
Which type of validity refers to whether or not the measurement procedures
accurately reflect the target behavior being measured?
construct validity
Reliability and validity refer to the same concept
false
Which of the following is the best example of a non-reversible dependent
variable?
reading sight words
Researchers can write non-examples of target behaviors in order to help increase
treatment integrity
Which type of IOA is calculated when researchers only look at intervals either or
both observers did NOT observe the target behavior?
unscored-interval IOA
Which is a measurement of whether the intervention was conducted as intended?
treatment integrity
Measurement of procedural fidelity does all of the following except
Helps cilnicians avoid emphasizing "train and hope"
The extent to which experimenters trained implementers as planned is known as
implementation fidelity
the degree to which procedures of all experimental conditions are implemented
as intended is known as
procedural fidelity
Summative analysis of treatment procedural fidelity increases which type of
validity?
Internal
Common ways to measure treatment integrity include
checklists, self-reports, direct systematic observation
