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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e

Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

Single-Subject Research

Chapter Outline

Essential Characteristics of Single-Subject Research

Single-Subject Designs

The Graphing of Single-Subject Designs
The A-B Design
The A-B-A Design
The A-B-A-B Design
The B-A-B Design
The A-B-C-B Design
Multiple-Baseline Designs

Threats to Internal Validity in Single-Subject Research

Control of Threats to Internal Validity in Single-Subject Research
External Validity and Single-Subject Research: The Importance of Replication
Other single-subject designs

An Example of Single-Subject Research

Analysis of the Study

Purpose/Justification
Prior Research
Definitions
Hypotheses
Sample
Instrumentation
Procedures/Internal Validity
Data Analysis
Results
Discussion

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