Children with autism spectrum disorder show deficits in social skills such as initiating
conversation, responding in social situations, social problem-solving, and others. These …

A defining feature of children with autism includes stereotypy, characterized as restrictive
and repetitive vocal and motor behavior. The current literature review seeks to (a) determine …

Few reviews on procedural fidelity—the degree to which procedures are implemented as
designed—provide details to gauge the quality of fidelity reporting in behavior‐analytic …

Procedural fidelity is the extent to which independent variables are implemented as
designed. Despite 40 years of discussion about the importance of procedural fidelity for …

Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) has a long history as a behavioral
treatment. The term has usually been defined in a manner that suggests one form of …

This chapter focuses on several types of comparison designs; that is, designs that allow
researchers to compare two different interventions to determine which is more effective for …

This chapter considers a description of the designs, the manner in which they deal with
threats to internal validity, guidelines for using them, and their advantages and limitations …

Procedural integrity refers to the extent to which an independent variable is implemented as
described. Measuring procedural integrity is one important factor when considering internal …

Demonstration of experimental control is considered a hallmark of high-quality single-case
research design (SCRD). Studies that fail to demonstrate experimental control may not be …

Mainstream research design in the social and behavioral sciences has often been
conceptualized using a taxonomy of threats to experimental validity first articulated by …