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The results of most case studies are presented


A) as a written description and explanation of the person's behavior.
B) in terms of differences among means.
C) through graphic analysis.
D) by comparing the person to other people.

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Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of group designs versus single-case experimental designs.

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What is one advantage of using graphic analysis rather than inferential statistics to analyze data?


A) Graphic analysis is more powerful.
B) Graphic analysis is a more sophisticated approach to data analysis.
C) Research shows graphic analysis is more accurate.
D) Only relatively large effects of the independent variable will be detected and interpreted.

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What is a multiple baseline design?

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Which of the following is a possible consequence of averaging participants' responses?


A) The average may not reflect the behavior of any particular participant.
B) The researcher may be misled regarding the nature of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
C) The fact that the independent variable affected participants differently will go undetected.
D) All of these are possible consequences.

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The ABA design


A) involves two administrations of the independent variable (A) with a baseline period (B) between them.
B) is a reversal design.
C) examines the average responses of participants under three experimental conditions.
D) is a multiple-I design.

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A researcher might enlarge an ABA design to an ABABABA design


A) to reduce an error variance.
B) to examine the generalizability of the effect to other participants.
C) to conduct an intraparticipant replication.
D) to create a multiple-I design.

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An in-depth study of a single individual is a(n)


A) experiment.
B) case study.
C) ABA design.
D) single-case experiment.

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An ABACA design is an example of a ________ design.


A) multiple-I
B) multiple baseline
C) group
D) time series

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Individual differences among participants contribute to


A) between-subjects variance.
B) interparticipant variance.
C) mean variance.
D) intraparticipant variance.

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Why are case studies not particularly useful as a means of testing hypotheses about the causes of behavior?

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If the effect of an independent variable does not disappear when the variable is withdrawn in an ABA design,


A) the independent variable did not affect the participant's behavior.
B) the researcher should introduce another level of the independent variable.
C) the effects of the independent variable were only temporary.
D) it is unclear whether behavior was affected by the independent variable.

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Intraparticipant replication involves


A) repeating the effects of the independent variable with a single participant.
B) determining whether an effect generalizes to other participants.
C) comparing the average responses of two or more groups of participants.
D) testing the same participant under several different experimental conditions.

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Discuss the criticisms of group designs that are leveled by proponents of single-case experimental designs.

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Researchers use multiple-I designs to


A) conduct intraparticipant replications.
B) manipulate different levels of an independent variable.
C) test multiple participants in a single study.
D) reduce error variance.

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Variability in an individual participant's behavior across situations or over time is


A) intraparticipant variance.
B) within-subjects variance.
C) temporal variance.
D) interparticipant variance.

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Most single-case experimental research is conducted to study


A) social processes.
B) human development.
C) perception.
D) operant learning.

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What is psychobiography?

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Experimental research in which the unit of analysis is the individual participant uses ____________ experimental designs.


A) individualistic
B) nomothetic
C) single-case
D) quasi-

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Which design is used to study the effects of an independent variable on two or more behaviors simultaneously?


A) Multiple-I design
B) ABABA design
C) Multiple baseline design
D) Case study design

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