Captivating Categories of Behaviour
What is a permanent product?
A behaviour that leaves evidence that it occurred in the environment.
What is the extra step you have to take to convert count data into a measurement of rate/frequency?
Divide the total count over the observation time
If you are interested in how long each individual instance of a behaviour lasts for, which type of duration measure should you use?
Duration per occurrence
Can you measure transitory behaviour via permanent product recording?
Yes, if you create the permanent product
Calculate the rate of this scenario:
Marina records that in a three-hour class, in total, students asked 18 questions.
What is the rate of question asking per hour?
18 / 3 = 6 questions per hour
What is a critical component of operational definitions for duration measurement?
When to start/stop recording
Why is it easy to count discrete behaviours?
Because they have a clear beginning and end and are roughly the same length of time (equal comparison across instances).
How does rate/frequency account for observation times that are varying lengths?
By converting each count to the rate per unit of time, making each data point comparable
What is inter-response time, and what is an easier form of data collection to use to get the same information?
Measuring the time in between the same behaviour
Rate/frequency
What is the difference between continuous behaviour and continuous measurement?
Behaviour = occurs for varying lengths of time
Measurement = captures each instance of the behaviour within the observation period
Does "per opportunity data" mean that you collect data when you have the opportunity to?
No - it means you collect data when the opportunity for the behaviour to occur is presented
Why would we need to measure response latency?
If a behaviour occurs too quickly or not quickly enough after an antecedent is presented