Evaluating the boundaries of analytic efficiency and control: A consecutive controlled case series of 26 functional analyses

Jessel, Joshua; Metras, Rachel; Hanley, Gregory P.; Jessel, Catherine; Ingvarsson, Einar T.

doi:10.1002/jaba.544

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“…An informal and noncomprehensive review of studies that have elements of the CCCS suggests that many are retrospective studies. Some have examined the general efficacy of clinical procedures (e.g., FA; Iwata, Pace et al, 1994; IISCA; Jessel et al, ; FCT; Rooker et al, ; NCR; Phillips et al, ), the generality of procedures to specific clinical populations (e.g., Fragile X syndrome; Kurtz et al, ), or the epidemiology and phenomenology of SIB (Iwata, Pace et al, 1994 and Hagopian et al, , respectively). These studies summarize outcomes obtained in the course of delivering standard clinical care and the assessment or intervention selection is based on the clinician's judgment about the needs of the client or student.…”

Section: The Consecutive Controlled Case Series (Cccs)mentioning

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The consecutive controlled case series: Design, data‐analytics, and reporting methods supporting the study of generality

Hagopian

2020

J of App Behav Analysis

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Single‐case experimental designs (SCEDs) have proven invaluable in research and practice because they are optimal for asking many experimental questions relevant to the analysis of behavior. The consecutive controlled case series (CCCS) is a type of study in which a SCED is employed in a series of consecutively encountered cases that undergo a common procedure or share a common characteristic. Additional design elements, data‐analytic, and reporting methods enable researchers to ask experimental questions relevant to the study of generality of procedures and processes. The current paper discusses the CCCS methodologies, including the retrospective, prospective, and randomized CCCS. These methodologies can be applied to examine the generality of clinical procedures (including their general efficacy, the limits of their generality, and variables that may mediate generality); study the epidemiology and phenomenology of clinical problems; and compare the efficacy of 2 clinical procedures within a randomized controlled trial combining SCEDs with randomized group designs.

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Section: The Consecutive Controlled Case Series (Cccs)mentioning

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The consecutive controlled case series: Design, data‐analytics, and reporting methods supporting the study of generality

Hagopian

2020

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…Jessel, Metras, Hanley, Jessel, and Ingvarsson () also found a high level of correspondence between long and short session durations. During Study 1, the authors reanalyzed 18 IISCAs that were conducted with 10‐min sessions by comparing problem behavior during the first 3 and 5 min to the full‐session data.…”

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“…All functional analyses in the current study were from Jessel et al (). Of the 26 participants, 23 were male and the median age was 7.5 years.…”

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“…Jessel et al () calculated interobserver agreement on an interval‐by‐interval basis. A second observer scored a mean of 40% of the sessions from the full IISCA of every participant in Jessel et al (), and the first test session (i.e., single‐session IISCA) was included in the calculation of interobserver agreement (IOA) in all of the IISCAs scored.…”

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“…We intended to determine if detriments in evidence of control would be observed when a single‐session IISCA was conducted with a 10‐min, 5‐min, and 3‐min session. The first test sessions of the 26 consecutive, full IISCAs reported by Jessel et al () were reanalyzed and evaluated using the binary and multilevel criteria of control.…”

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Evaluating the boundaries of analytic efficiency and control: A consecutive controlled case series of 26 functional analyses

Cited by 42 publications

References 30 publications

The consecutive controlled case series: Design, data‐analytics, and reporting methods supporting the study of generality

The consecutive controlled case series: Design, data‐analytics, and reporting methods supporting the study of generality

Does analysis brevity result in loss of control? A consecutive case series of 26 single‐session interview‐informed synthesized contingency analyses

Generality of the practical functional assessment and skill‐based treatment among individuals with autism and mental health disorders

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