The major limitation on the use of the changing-criterion design is
a. it can only be applied to problems that can be meaningfully divided intosubgoals.
b. it is too complex for all but the most skilled practitioners to utilize.
c. ethical problems because it ends in a non-treatment phase.
d. it provides the weakest demonstration of treatment effectiveness of any ofthe single-system designs.
Which of the following best describes the multiple-baseline designs
a. a baseline period followed by a treatment period followed by the introductionof a different treatment.
b. a baseline period followed by a treatment period. c. a baseline period followed by a treatment period followed by anotherbaseline period. d. the sequential introduction of a treatment into different settings, for differentbehaviors, or for different clients.
Which of the following guidelines is accepted as the strongest demonstration of experimental effectiveness in single-system designs?
a. All measurements during treatment are higher or lower than anymeasurement taken during the baseline.
b. The correlation between baseline measurements and treatmentmeasurements is at least .80.
c. All measurements in the treatment phase are higher or lower than theaverage level of the baseline.
d. Baseline measurements and treatment measurements are uncorrelated.
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