These questions are for an ABA course. Use this article to answer the questions below: Zarcone, J. R., Iwata, B. A., Vollmer, T. R., Jagtiani, S., Smith, R. G., & Mazaleski, J. L. (1993). Extinction of self-injurious escape behavior with and without instructional fading. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(3), 353-360.
What is the purpose(s) or research question(s) the study seeks to address?
How many participants were included in the study? State each participant’s age, sex, and any diagnosis if applicable.
What were the dependent variables examined in the study and how were they measured?
List the operational definitions of all target behavior(s).
Were any interobserver agreement (IOA) data collated? If so, state what percentage of sessions had IOA data, then state the average IOA score and range for each participant.
What type of experimental design was used?
Provide a description of all the experimental procedures used in the study (include baseline procedures but excluding any preference assessments or functional analyses).
For each participant, state how many total sessions or days the study lasted. Then for each participant state how many days or sessions all baseline and treatment phases lasted (if there are multiple studies, pick one).
Summarize the changes in trend, level and variability for one of the participants.
Did the authors collect any follow-up or maintenance data? If so, did the results maintain over time? How do you know?
List any of study’s limitations.
Was this a socially valid experiment or procedure? Why or why not? (Consider habilitation and how the individual’s life was improved)
these are the questions to be answered regarding the article
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