Carr, J. E., & Burkholder, E. O. (1998).
Creating single-subject design graphs with Microsoft Excel™.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
31, 245-251.
Because single-subject design methodology is the cornerstone of
behavior-analytic research, behavior analysts are often engaged
in the practice of graph production. There are a variety of
computer software packages on the market that can be used to
create graphs; however, not all of them are suitable for
producing single-subject design line graphs. Microsoft Excel 97
for Windows 95/NT and MacOS operating systems contains a variety
of features that are conducive to producing reversal, multiple
baseline, and multielement graphs (among others) that conform to
many of the technical recommendations for publication in the
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. We present detailed
instructions on creating these graphs using Microsoft Excel.
DESCRIPTORS: graph presentation, computers, single-subject
design, software