ABA 624 Week 1 Discussion Post

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ABA 624 - Week 1 Discussion Distinguish between dependent and independent variables: Based upon your Pre-Assessment Score, what is your goal and intervention plan to reach competency of the course content? What is the difference between rate and percentage? Provide a specific example of when it would be better to use rate as compared to percentage. Provide an example of when it would be good to use IRT. Based on my Pre-Assessment Score, my goal and intervention plan is to work on my SAFMEDS for at least 45 minutes to 1 hour to increase my competency in the new definitions introduced in this course. I aim to get at least 14 accels in at least one of the 5 SAFMEDS sessions I intend to do from Monday to Friday. The two main variables in an experiment are the independent and dependent variables. An independent variable is a variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable. A dependent variable is tested and measured in a scientific experiment. The dependent variable is 'dependent' on the independent variable. As the experimenter changes the independent variable, the effect on the dependent variable is observed and recorded. A specific example of when it would be better to use rate as compared to percentage would be seeing how often a client engages in SIB (self-injurious behavior). Over an hour, percentage-wise you could say he/she engaged in SIB for 15 minutes which would be 25% of an hour. At first glance, you would say “Hey 75% of the time, they were not engaged in a SIB” which appears positive. However, during those 15 minutes, he/she may have struck themselves or others over 50+, did property destruction, food stealing, etc. which displays a greater issue with the rate of frequency as opposed to the percentages where the SIB doesn’t take place. A good example of when to use an IRT (Inter-Response Time) would be to measure how long a child cries/tantrums when denied a preferred item over a 5-minute interval. According to Cooper, such a strategy can be useful in identifying the effects of reinforcement and punishment on behavior. (Cooper et. al., 2020)
References Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2019). Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd Edition). Hoboken, NJ: Pearson Education.
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