Experimental Design

The Most Utilized Experimental Design for Generalization Effects

Learn what the most utilized experimental design is for generalization effect. PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares this design’s key features and benefits, allowing us to assess the effects of an independent variable across various settings, subjects, and behaviors.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).

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Test your ABA Terminology: Identify The Experimental Design Explained in This Scenario

Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Identify This Experimental Design Scenario

Test your ABA terminology with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she offers guidance to identify the specific experimental design relating to a scenario.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).

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PTB co-founder Dana Meller provides shortcuts to help eliminate incorrect answer choices and gain a better understanding of the basics of various experimental designs.

Shortcuts to Understanding the Basics Behind Each Experimental Design

Experimental design causes a lot of anxiety. PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares a few shortcuts to help on exam day, eliminating some answer options but also, more importantly, give you a head start on understanding the basics behind each design.

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Let’s Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Identifying Measurement Confounds in Experimental Design

PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down a BCBA® mock exam question that explores the difference between measurement confounds and subject confounds, how they relate to threats to internal validity in ABA research.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-2: Distinguish between internal and external validity.

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BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Reversal Design

Let’s Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Ethical Considerations in Experimental Design

Test your understanding of ethical considerations in experimental designs with PTB co-founder Dana Meller. Let’s review a BCBA® mock exam question about reversal design and the nuances and concerns associated with this experimental setup.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).

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Let's break down a BCBA® mock exam question about experimental design.

Let’s Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Analyzing the Fundamental IV & BehaviorChange Relationship

Hone your experimental design skills through review of a BCBA® mock exam question. PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down the crucial aspect of experiments—how they demonstrate changes in behavior attributed to the independent variable.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-2: Distinguish between internal and external validity.

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ABA terms you need to know: baseline logic.

Experimental Design Terminology ➠ The Baseline Logic Blueprint & the Sum of Its Parts

Join PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she discusses baseline logic in single-subject experimental designs. Dana breaks down the four essential elements of baseline logic and how these elements play a crucial role in demonstrating experimental control and confirming the effectiveness of interventions.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-3: Identify the defining features of single-subject experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).

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Dana Do’s: The Distinction Between Analysis Types and Experimental Designs

What’s the difference between parametric, component, and comparative analyses? And what do experimental designs have to do with it? PTB founder Dana Meller clears up the confusion with a deep dive into analysis variations.

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CON Artist Captured! Unmasking the CONfounding Variable of the Alternating Treatments Design

PTB co-founder Dana Meller hones your experimental design skills with a focus on the alternating treatments design’s confounding variable.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).

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Breaking Down a Mock BCBA® Exam Question: Identify a 3-Phase Reversal Experimental Design

Test your Experimental Design skills with a breakdown of a BCBA® mock exam question about the identification of a three-phase experimental design. Included is a detailed comparison between four different reversal designs: ABC reversal, ABA reversal, BAB reversal, and ABAB reversal. As a bonus, Dana also provides examples of instances in which each of the reversal designs would be implemented.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).

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