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

True/False


1	Single-subject designs are most commonly used to study the changes in behavior an individual exhibits after exposure to a treatment or intervention of some sort.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	An advantage of single-subject designs is that they can be applied in settings where group designs are difficult to put into play.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Single-subject designs are most effective in controlling for the threats of data collector and instrument decay.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	The basic approach of researchers using a B-A-B design is to introduce a treatment (B) because it is needed immediately. It is followed by baseline (A) and treatment (B).
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	In the A-B-C-B design, the "C" condition refers to a variation of the intervention in the "B" condition. The intervention is changed during the "C" phase, typically to control for any extra attention the subject may have received during the "B" phase.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Multiple-baseline designs are used when it is possible and ethical to withdraw a treatment and return to baseline.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	It is very important to replicate single-subject studies.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Single-subject researchers primarily use pie charts to present their data and to illustrate the effects of a particular intervention or treatment.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	Single-subject designs are adaptations of static group designs.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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