Effects of Serial Dependency on the Agreement Between Visual and Statistical Inference

Overview

Journal J Appl Behav Anal

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 1978 Jul 1

PMID 16795592

Citations 15

Authors

R R Jones

M R Weinrott

R S Vaught

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Abstract

Comparisons between visual and time-series inferences from behavioral data show that serial dependency in scores is likely to disrupt agreement between the two methods of analysis. If researchers follow an earlier recommendation that time-series analysis be used to supplement or confirm visual analysis, this study's findings suggest that the two methods will disagree most often when the data contain high levels of autocorrelation and when reliable behavorial changes are indicated by time-series analysis.

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