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Module 5
sampling
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Psychology
Graduate
11/03/2009

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Inter-Session
Definition
Define pools of all possible observation sessions. Use data over those possible observation sessions. EXAMPLE: a behavior could occur in math, science, and language arts
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Intra-session
Definition
Break observations into smaller sessions. So during math does it occur during the beginning, middle or end? Does the behavior occur during the whole session?
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TDR & PDR purposes
Definition
Teacher Daily Reports and Parent Daily Reports. Helps when we are not there for self monitoring or self recording. We need this information for decision making purposes.
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Micro-norms
Definition
Peer norms for same activity
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Compliance measurement
Definition
Look at antecedents. Look at the number of opportunities and the quality of the opportunities. Look at the percentage of compliance and the consequences after the compliance or non-compliance. CMND vs. RRR vs. COMPL vs. ATT+ ATT-
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Partial interval
Definition
Record an occurrence of an incident if it occurs at any time during that interval. May overestimate the prevalence of a behavior. Good if you want to find out how often a behavior occurs. Given in % of intervals observed in a session
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Whole  interval
Definition
Record an occurrence of an incident if it happens throughout an entire interval. Good if we want to look at how long a behavior occurs.  May under estimate prevalence and frequency. Good for increasing behavior. Given as % of intervals observed in a session
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Momentary time
Definition
Record an occurrence of an incident only if it happens at a specific moment during an interval. May underestimate a frequency. Good for looking at either occurrence or non occurrence of a behavior such as engagement. Given as % of intervals observed in a session
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Scan sampling
Definition
Scanning an area and recording the occurrence of a particular behavior. Such as scanning for engagement. Everyone in the eye of the observer is counted or not counted as displaying that behavior. Good for engagement or “dangerous behaviors”
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