ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2010
Applying signal-detection theory to the study of observer accuracy and bias in behavioral assessment.
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- Strategies to reduce low-value care - An applied behavior analysis using a single-case design.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Description and Validation of a Computerized Behavioral Data Program: "BDataPro".The Behavior analyst · 2017Article
- Observer training revisited: a comparison of in vivo and video instruction.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2012Article
- Calibration of observational measurement of rate of responding.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2011Article
- Data-based decision making: the impact of data variability, training, and context.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2011Article
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Abstract
We evaluated the feasibility and utility of a laboratory model for examining observer accuracy within the framework of signal-detection theory (SDT). Sixty-one individuals collected data on aggression while viewing videotaped segments of simulated teacher-child interactions. The purpose of Experiment 1 was to determine if brief feedback and contingencies for scoring accurately would bias responding reliably. Experiment 2 focused on one variable (specificity of the operational definition) that we hypothesized might decrease the likelihood of bias. The effects of social consequences and information about expected behavior change were examined in Experiment 3. Results indicated that feedback and contingencies reliably biased responding and that the clarity of the definition only moderately affected this outcome.
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