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| Preface | |
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| Conducting Single Subject Research: Issues and Procedures | |
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| Historical Aspects and Important Concepts in Single Subject Research | |
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| Historical Aspects of Single Subject Research | |
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| Basic Concepts and Definitions of Terms | |
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| Notations | |
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| The X-Y or Line Graph | |
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| Methods for Changing Target Behaviors | |
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| Methods to Increase or Maintain Behavior | |
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| Methods to Decrease Behavior | |
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| Methods for Recording Behavior | |
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| Anecdotal Records | |
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| Event-Based Methods for Recording and Reporting Behavior | |
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| Time-Based Methods for Recording and Reporting Behavior | |
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| A Few Words About These Methods | |
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| Issues in Single Subject Research | |
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| The Concepts of Prediction, Verification, and Replication | |
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| Reliability and Validity | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Overview and Application of Single Subject Designs | |
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| Overview of Withdrawal Designs | |
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| The A-B Design | |
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| Mechanics of the Withdrawal Designs | |
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| Prediction, Verification, and Replication | |
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| Advantages of the Withdrawal Design | |
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| Disadvantages of the Withdrawal Design | |
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| Adaptations of the Typical Withdrawal Design | |
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| Application of Withdrawal Designs | |
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| The A-B-A Design | |
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| The A-B-A-B Design | |
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| The A-B-A-C Design | |
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| The A-B-A-B-A-B Design | |
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| Overview of Multiple Baseline Designs | |
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| The Basic Multiple Baseline Design | |
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| Mechanics of the Multiple Baseline Design | |
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| Advantages of the Multiple Baseline Design | |
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| Disadvantages of the Multiple Baseline Design | |
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| The Different Multiple Baseline Designs | |
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| Adaptations of the Multiple Baseline Design | |
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| Application of Multiple Baseline Designs | |
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| Multiple Baseline Across Behaviors Design | |
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| Multiple Baseline Across Subjects Design | |
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| Multiple Baseline Across Settings Design | |
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| Overview of Alternating Treatments Designs | |
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| Alternating Treatments With No Baseline Design | |
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| Baseline Followed by Alternating Treatments Design | |
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| Baseline Followed by Alternating Treatments and a Final Treatment Phase Design | |
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| Prediction, Verification, and Replication | |
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| Advantages of the Alternating Treatments Design | |
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| Disadvantages of the Alternating Treatments Design | |
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| Adaptations of the Alternating Treatments Design | |
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| Application of Alternating Treatments Designs | |
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| Alternating Treatments With No Baseline Design | |
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| Baseline Followed by Alternating Treatments Design | |
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| Baseline Followed by Alternating Treatments and a Final Treatment Phase Design | |
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| Overview of Changing Criterion Designs | |
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| The Basic Changing Criterion Design | |
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| Issues Related to Changing Criterion Designs | |
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| Prediction, Verification, and Replication | |
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| Advantages of the Changing Criterion Design | |
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| Disadvantages of the Changing Criterion Design | |
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| Adaptations of the Changing Criterion Design | |
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| Application of Changing Criterion Designs | |
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| Basic Changing Criterion Design: Increasing Behavior | |
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| Basic Changing Criterion Design: Decreasing Behavior | |
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| Changing Criterion Design With Treatment Phases of Different Lengths | |
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| Changing Criterion Design With a Return to Baseline Phase | |
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| Analyzing Results from Single Subject Studies | |
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| Methods for Analyzing Data | |
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| Visual Analysis | |
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| Statistical Analysis | |
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| Qualitative Analysis | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Index | |