Single-Subject (SS) Designs

 

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Single-Subject (SS) Designs

Clinical-research Model

Criticisms of group design model

Clinical-Research Process

Identify problems

Set Goals

Select a SS design- all designs measure baseline & treatment phases

Establish & measure the baseline

Measurement sources & issues

Introduce treatment

Assess treatment effects

Basic A-B

A-B-A or A-B-A-B: reversal/withdrawal; high in internal validity

A-B-A-C: multiple treatment

A-B… Multiple baselines establish
A-A-B… baselines for more than one
A-A-A-B... aspect of the client’s condition

Changing Criterion Designs

Threats to internal validity

Threats to external validity

Replication is the route to-

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