ERIC Number: EJ832383
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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Continuous Recording and Interobserver Agreement Algorithms Reported in the "Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis" (1995-2005)
Mudford, Oliver C.; Taylor, Sarah Ann; Martin, Neil T.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v42 n1 p165-169 Spr 2009
We reviewed all research articles in 10 recent volumes of the "Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA)": Vol. 28(3), 1995, through Vol. 38(2), 2005. Continuous recording was used in the majority (55%) of the 168 articles reporting data on free-operant human behaviors. Three methods for reporting interobserver agreement (exact agreement, block-by-block agreement, and time-window analysis) were employed in more than 10 of the articles that reported continuous recording. Having identified these currently popular agreement computation algorithms, we explain them to assist researchers, software writers, and other consumers of "JABA" articles. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Behavioral Science Research, Literature Reviews, Observation, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Computer Software, Data Analysis, Measurement
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Available from: Department of Applied Behavioral Science. Kansas University, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-2133. Tel: 785-841-4425; Fax: 785-841-4425; e-mail: behavior@mail.ku.edu; Web site: http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/index.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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