Research and Literature 10

Critical Review of Behavior Analytic Research Article II

Your Name _________________ Date______ Instructor’s name ___________________

Objective: You will be able to summarize and critique a behavior analytic research article with respect to the following components:

· Purpose of study

· Methods

· Subject

· Setting

· Procedures

· Design

· Measurement

· Main Dependent Variables

· Generalization and Maintenance

· Social Validity

· Results

· Discussion/Conclusions

Use brief, to the point phrases, in your own words, please.

ARTICLE

An Intervention Featuring Public Posting and Graphical Feedback to Enhance the Performance of Competitive Dancers

I.
Introduction

a) List the
main reasons why the authors decided to conduct this study. How did they justify what they did?

(1)___________________________________________________________________________

(2)___________________________________________________________________________

(3) __________________________________________________________________________

What was the independent and dependent variable?

b) What specific questions did the author(s) ask or what was the hypothesis they wanted to test?

II. Methods

Precisely describe:

a) t
he participants, including personnel, students, others

b)
the setting (location, physical arrangements

c) What was measured (the dependent variable)? (Usually particular behaviors)

d) How did the researchers conduct their measurement?

e) What did the authors do to try to convince readers the measures were
reliable ?

Were there measures of social validity? If so. What were they: NOTE: THESE ARE FOUND ON PAGE 5


AND

PAGES 6 & 7.

f) Describe the main procedures, in your own words. (
Who did
what,
how, with whom,
where, when, how often, and for
how long?)

g) Explain the approach the authors took toward promoting generalization and/or maintenance of the target behavior(s).

h). What was the experimental design?

III. Results

Describe what happened as a result of the methods being used.

INSERT SCREEN SHOTS OF THE MOST INTERESTING GRAPHS BELOW:

What were the results of social validity assessments (if applicable)?

IV.
Discussion and Conclusion

a) List the
main issues the authors discussed.

b) Were there limitations to the study that may have influenced the results?

c) What did the authors suggest might improve the outcome in the future?

d) Now add your own comments. Do you think there are limitations and future areas of research for this study that goes beyond what the authors of the study said are limitations and future areas of research?