When a behavior is measured in terms of the number of times that it occurs within an identified time period, the characteristic being measured is its
A) duration.
B) latency.
C) frequency.
D) amplitude.
Ques. 2When an observer begins a stopwatch at the time the bell rings and stops it when the target student arrives at the door of the next scheduled class, the characteristic of behavior that was probably being measured is
A) duration.
B) latency.
C) frequency.
D) amplitude.
Ques. 3When a behavior is measured in terms of the length of time between a signal to perform and the beginning of the behavior, the characteristic being measured is its
A) duration.
B) latency.
C) frequency.
D) amplitude.
Ques. 4The prevalence of Johnny's inappropriate behavior time during the 30 minutes of math class was summarized as .20. The characteristic of behavior that was probably measured to arrive at this number is
A) duration.
B) latency.
C) frequency.
D) amplitude.
Ques. 5When a behavior is measured in terms of the length of time it lasts, the characteristic being measured is its
A) duration.
B) latency.
C) frequency.
D) amplitude.
Ques. 6If two students are told to play a table game while observers watch, but one of the students has been previously instructed to let the other student win, the observation is considered to be
A) contrived.
B) quantitative.
C) unobtrusive.
D) stereotypic.
Ques. 7Qualitative observation involves
A) describing important behavior without preconceived notions.
B) analyzing the recall of untrained observers.
C) identifying specific behaviors to be counted.
D) rating the extent to which an event is good for a subject.
Ques. 8The only way a teacher can know that test questions are good is to __________ them and make revisions based on the results.
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