If you’re looking for data on how long a behavior occurs, duration is the name of the game. However, as PTB founder Dana Meller explains, there are two methods for ensuring and reporting duration that future BCBA®s need to know.
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Hint: Duration answers the question, “How long did that behavior last?” A measurable dimension of the amount of time that a behavior persists from onset (i.e., the start) of the
A measurable duration of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response.
The measurable duration of time between the onset or appearance of a stimulus and the initiation of the response.
A measure of the duration of time that a behavior occurs from onset (i.e., start) to offset (i.e., end).
When measurement refers to the point in time that the behavior occurs (latency, interresponse time).