1st Edition

Design and Analysis of Single-Case Research

416 Pages
by Psychology Press

414 Pages
by Psychology Press

416 Pages
by Psychology Press

This book focuses on one important aspect of psychological research -- the intensive study of people measured one or more at a time. Some important historical material is detailed in several chapters making a strong connection to previous material in psychology. Several contributors present important details on classical and novel methods to study behavior over time, and they do so in the context... Read more
Contents: Preface. R.D. Franklin, D.B. Allison, B.S. Gorman, Introduction. R.F. Ittenbach, W.F. Lawhead, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Single-Case Research. L.H. Primavera, D.B. Allison, V.C. Alfonso, Measurement of Dependent Variables. F.M. Gresham, Treatment Integrity in Single-Subject Research. R.D. Franklin, B.S. Gorman, T.M. Beasley, D.B. Allison, Graphical Display and Visual Analysis. B.S. Gorman, D.B. Allison, Statistical Alternatives for Single-Case Designs. T.A. Matyas, K.M. Greenwood, Serial Dependency in Single-Case Time Series. M.S. Faith, D.B. Allison, B.S. Gorman, Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Research. T.M. Beasley, D.B. Allison, B.S. Gorman, The Potentially Confounding Effects of Cyclicity: Identification, Prevention, and Control. D.B. Allison, J.M. Silverstein, B.S. Gorman, Power, Sample Size Estimation, and Early Stopping Rules.

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Ronald D. Franklin, David B. Allison, Bernard S. Gorman

"The volume is unique in its inclusion of chapters on meta-analysis and cyclicity. It is effectively written to be useful to advanced undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and practitioners in psychology."
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"...the editors have brought together and clearly presented a number of approaches that provide for the principled analysis of data from single-case research. If their leads are followed, it could increase the sophistication of the field noticeably. This book...could be read with profit by any investigators concerned with the analysis of data from single or few cases."
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