Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1999 · 41 citations · 3 references
Public HealthBehavioral SciencesPsychologyBehavior AnalysisBehavioral DisordersReal-time SystemsBehavioral AssessmentBehavioral Data CollectionBehavioral MeasurementBehavioral ObservationReal-time Data AcquisitionBehavior RecordingComputer-based Measurement SystemsFrequency RecordingInterresponse TimeObservational Data CollectionReal-time Data CaptureReal-time Measurement SystemsReal-time Recording
In a recent issue of JABA, Kahng and Iwata (1998) reviewed the commercially available computerized systems for collecting real-time observational data. In discussing the value of computerized scoring, they suggested that these systems can improve reliability and accuracy of behavioral recording relative to more cumbersome paper-andpencil methods. Their review of the computerized systems showed that, because the systems collect real-time data, they all had the flexibility to record a number of different dimensions of the target behavior, including frequency (rate), duration, interresponse time, and latency, and could accommodate interval and time-sample recording. Although computerized data collection is becoming more widespread in behavior-analytic research, with more companies developing computerized scoring systems, there is another method available that researchers or clinicians can use to conduct real-time recording. We have been using a low-tech method that does not rely on computer systems but produces most of the same realtime outcomes as the computerized systems described by Kahng and Iwata.
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