Focusing on the Individual Research MCQ

A stable baseline is one that ______.

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Correct Answer: Has little variability in scores and has no trends

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A researcher collects in-depth information about a single person using interviews and observations. This type of research design is called a ______.

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Correct Answer: Case study

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______ is a quantitative design used to examine a cause and effect within a single case, and a series of these designs is called a ______.

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Correct Answer: Single N design; small N design

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Single N designs use ______ in order to rule out alternative explanations for causality.

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Correct Answer: Repeated assessment

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A researcher collects in-depth information from the managers of a company in order to better understand the company as a whole. This type of research design is called a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Embedded case study

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In a single N design, A = ______ and B = ______.

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Correct Answer: Baseline; manipulation

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A multiple-baseline across behaviors design requires ______.

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Correct Answer: Introducing the manipulation at different times across two or more behaviors

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Those who use ______ believe that it is possible to use single cases to develop a theory.

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Correct Answer: Grounded theory

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Which of the following statements about sample-based studies is false?

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Correct Answer: They can be used to understand individual behavior.

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Which of the following is not true of single N designs?

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Correct Answer: They are primarily qualitative.

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A nonstatistical technique in which patterns of the A and B phases are compared is called

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Correct Answer: Visual inspection

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A ___baseline that displays no trend (or slope) and little variability and therefore allows for prediction of future behavior.

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Correct Answer: Stable

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A series of single N designs is ___ N designs

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Correct Answer: Small

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Quantitative investigation of a cause-and-effect relationship within a single case is called single N design.

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Correct Answer: True

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The manipulation is removed and the individual returns to a baseline phase is called

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Correct Answer: Reversal

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A single ___ design in which the researcher introduces two or more manipulations over the course of the study is multiple manipulation design

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Correct Answer: N

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The manipulation is introduced at different times across two or more persons, settings, or behaviors is multiple baseline design

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Correct Answer: True

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The manipulation is introduced at different times across two or more settings is multiple baseline across settings

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Correct Answer: True

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The manipulation is introduced at different times across two or more persons is ___ baseline across persons

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Correct Answer: Multiple

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The manipulation is introduced at different times across two or more behaviors.

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Correct Answer: Two or more

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In a single N design, repeated assessment of the dependent variable during the implementation of a manipulation is called

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Correct Answer: Phase B

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A method to build theory from data is called ____ theory

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Correct Answer: Grounded

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Investigation of single cases that comprise a group or organization in order to understand that group or organization as a whole is called ____ case study

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Correct Answer: Embedded

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In which study detailed investigation of a single individual, group, organization, or event.

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Correct Answer: Case study

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In a single N design, repeated assessment of the dependent variable in the absence of any manipulation is called

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Correct Answer: Phase A

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A simple comparison of the baseline (A) and manipulation (B) phases is ___ design

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Correct Answer: AB

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The simplest type of reversal design that involves an initial baseline (A), manipulation (B), and a return to baseline (A) is ___ reversal design

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Correct Answer: ABA

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