Date of Award
4-1979
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Brad Huitema
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Third Advisor
Dr. Paul Mountjoy
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Many methodologists claim that autocorrelation in intra-subject designs is a pervasive and critical problem necessitating complex statistical analyses to determine the existence of an intervention effect. In this study, autocorrelation, coefficients were found for a large sample of graphed data in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Results indicate that there is minimal, negative autocorrelation for most of the data analyzed (-.04). This result suggests the presence of autocorrelation in the intra-subject designs analyzed is of no practical significance, and thus is not the problem some methodologists have assumed it to be.
Recommended Citation
Girman, Suzanne M., "Autocorrelation in Behavior Modification Data" (1979). Masters Theses. 1970.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1970