PS561-1: Discuss the relevance of the scientist-practitioner model in the context of measurement and evidence-based practice in applied behavior analysis.
PS561-2: Choose measurement procedures that account for critical dimensions of behavior and environmental constraints.
Evidence-Based Practice and Measurement Procedures
For this assignment, you will provide a response to each of the questions below. For each question, you are encouraged to use the peer-reviewed resources provided
throughout the units to support your responses. Please do not copy and paste the whole question into the document. Rather, provide a brief heading that correlates
with each section below.
Scientist-Practitioner Model
• Discuss with a strong rationale why it is important to your clients and to the field of ABA as a whole that you embrace the scientist-practitioner model as a behavior
analyst.
• Your discussion should include how evidence-based practices, reliable and valid measurement, social validity, and procedural integrity each play an important
role in supporting the science and the practice of your work as an effective and ethical behavior professional.
Measurement Procedures
• Select one of the case studies [ provided. Provide the following information based on the case study you chose:
• Operational definition of the behaviors.
• Determine what kind of data recording method(s) are most appropriate to measure the critical dimension of each behavior, with a rationale explaining your
decisions, including how environmental constraints influenced your measurement procedures.
Data Reliability and Validity
• Create a hypothetical set of data using at least eight data points for each behavior identified in the case, and provide your data collection using the following forms
as appropriate for your measurement procedures:
• Duration Recording Sheet C
• Frequency Recording Sheet C
• Interval Data Recording Sheet C
• Latency Recording Sheet C
• Cumulative Record Data Sheet [
• Graph the behaviors using a simple line graph, making sure to use proper ABA graphing conventions and providing a figure caption formatted in proper APA style.
• Discuss how you would account for reliability and validity in your measurement to ensure procedural integrity.
