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[U2Q] Casey is consulting at a customer service center. His client asks him to decrease the time it takes employees to answer the office phone after it rings. Which of the following continuous recording methods would be best for Casey to use?

[U4Q] Shannon is structuring her classroom to increase student participation. She does this by providing the student who participates the most in her class with a homework pass that excuses them from one night’s worth of homework assignments. Shannon implements the plan during the same week the school celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary. As part of the celebration, school administrators instruct the educators not to give their students homework for the week. During the same week, Shannon tests different ways to measure student participation. Which of the following is most likely to be an extraneous variable in this scenario?

[U4Q] Alicia, a BCBA, provides consulting services for a musician to help him improve his chord accuracy when playing the guitar. Alicia uses a handheld clicker to measure the number of times the musician presses incorrect chords. She then uses a modeling procedure to determine its effect on the number of times the musician presses incorrect chords. The musician suspects the new strings that he recently added to his guitar are responsible for the change in his performance. However, Alicia believes the handheld clicker she has been using is not counting all of the times she presses the device and that this could be impacting the count number. Which of the following is the dependent variable in this scenario?

[U2Q] Sydney is consulting at a call center. Her client asks her to decrease the amount of time it takes employees to answer the office phone after it rings. Which of the following continuous recording methods would be best for Sydney to use?

[U4Q] Barney is receiving behavioral services to reduce his instances of unusual speech and inappropriate comments. Barney’s treatment team starts to withhold attention for all inappropriate comments and instances of unusual speech. At the same time, Barney’s physician prescribes him an antipsychotic medication that is designed to improve thinking, mood, and behavior. This is most likely an example of which threat to internal validity? 

[U2Q] Keith writes 10 questions every hour. This is an example of:

[U2Q] Which of the following is an example of count?

[U2Q] Talia is measuring how often her client reads continuously during the classroom’s designated reading time. She breaks the designated reading time into 1-minute intervals and reports the percentage of intervals her client reads for the full minute. Which recording method did Talia use?

[U7Q] Paris is conducting a review of scientific literature to become familiar with techniques used to reduce aggressive behavior. However, she feels overwhelmed by the task and is unsure how to start. What is the very next step Paris should take as part of the literature review process?

[U4Q] A reversal design would most likely be used for which of the following?