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[U6Q] A group home hires DaQuan, a BCBA, to increase staff a…

[U6Q] A group home hires DaQuan, a BCBA, to increase staff attendance.  At the end of the investigation, DuQuan reviews the data from the baseline phase and the treatment phase to assess the overall impact of the intervention. Which type of analysis is DaQuan conducting? 

[U5Q] Paola and her assistant Alan are tracking how long it…

[U5Q] Paola and her assistant Alan are tracking how long it takes for front desk staff to check in a new guest to the hotel. Paola records that it takes 5 minutes to check in a guest. Alan records that it takes 4 minutes and 30 seconds to check in a guest. They calculate the IOA and get an IOA score of 90%. This is an example of: 

[U5Q] Ian, a BCBA, aims to gradually decrease the number of…

[U5Q] Ian, a BCBA, aims to gradually decrease the number of times his client drinks alcoholic beverages in a week. The client does not want to return to their alcohol-drinking habits after Ian initiates the intervention. Which experimental design would be most appropriate for Ian to use?

[U5Q] A BCBA is working to decrease a client’s property dest…

[U5Q] A BCBA is working to decrease a client’s property destruction during planned activity times at the center in which activities like arts and crafts and playing games with peers occur. After gathering baseline data, the BCBA rapidly alternates between a DRO procedure and an overcorrection procedure. After analyzing the graphed data and seeing a decrease in the frequency of property destruction, the BCBA removes the overcorrection intervention and implements the DRO procedure in isolation for several sessions in a row. The levels of property destruction increase while the DRO procedure is the only intervention being implemented. The results of these data are most likely being impacted by which confound?

[U1Q] Sukra wants to obtain a general equivalency diploma. A…

[U1Q] Sukra wants to obtain a general equivalency diploma. A BCBA has arranged materials to teach Sukra various 11th-grade math and reading concepts. The BCBA has also arranged to target skills such as finding angles of triangles and calculating the area of a geometric figure. Given this scenario, which of the following is an intermediate outcome?