SSD RESEARCH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
What is a case report? (Non-Experimental Design) - Answer -Description of a
symptom, diagnosis, an episode of care ...etc. for an individual
What is a Case Study? (Non-Experimental Design) - Answer -Exploratory and often
retrospective textual description that is systematically reported single-patient study
No controlled manipulation of intervention and evaluation of treatment
What is a Single-Subject Designs (SSD)? (Experimental Design) - Answer -Examining
an individual by taking repeated measurements of one or more DVs and/or withdrawing
or changing the intervention (IV)1
SSD's can be done in two ways: - Answer -1.The behavior is repeatedly measured
before, during, and after treatment to determine if any changes have occurred in that
behavior. (The systematic collection of Repeated Measurements is the 1stfeature of
SSD)
2.Delineation of at least 2 test periods (the basic design):
I.The baseline phase and the intervention phase. Where the baseline is no intervention
phase (A) and the intervention phase (B)
II.Baseline: before treatment is initiated, the behavior is measured over a period of time
(1-2 weeks, few days ...)
III.The baseline provides a comparison of "before" and "after" treatment in order to
evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment approach
SSDs use ---- to present their data and to illustrate the effects of a particular intervention
or treatment on an individual - Answer -line graphs
(Condition lines show if the condition has changed
and Data points represent when the data was collected during the study)
What happens if the baseline is constant (stable)? - Answer -indicates target behavior
not changing at baseline- thats good way to start a study!
What happens if you have a Variable baseline? - Answer -presents challenge in
interpretation. If variability in behaviors continues to treatment phase, it could obscure
treatment effect
ANSWERS
What is a case report? (Non-Experimental Design) - Answer -Description of a
symptom, diagnosis, an episode of care ...etc. for an individual
What is a Case Study? (Non-Experimental Design) - Answer -Exploratory and often
retrospective textual description that is systematically reported single-patient study
No controlled manipulation of intervention and evaluation of treatment
What is a Single-Subject Designs (SSD)? (Experimental Design) - Answer -Examining
an individual by taking repeated measurements of one or more DVs and/or withdrawing
or changing the intervention (IV)1
SSD's can be done in two ways: - Answer -1.The behavior is repeatedly measured
before, during, and after treatment to determine if any changes have occurred in that
behavior. (The systematic collection of Repeated Measurements is the 1stfeature of
SSD)
2.Delineation of at least 2 test periods (the basic design):
I.The baseline phase and the intervention phase. Where the baseline is no intervention
phase (A) and the intervention phase (B)
II.Baseline: before treatment is initiated, the behavior is measured over a period of time
(1-2 weeks, few days ...)
III.The baseline provides a comparison of "before" and "after" treatment in order to
evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment approach
SSDs use ---- to present their data and to illustrate the effects of a particular intervention
or treatment on an individual - Answer -line graphs
(Condition lines show if the condition has changed
and Data points represent when the data was collected during the study)
What happens if the baseline is constant (stable)? - Answer -indicates target behavior
not changing at baseline- thats good way to start a study!
What happens if you have a Variable baseline? - Answer -presents challenge in
interpretation. If variability in behaviors continues to treatment phase, it could obscure
treatment effect
