An evaluation of the conservative dual-criterion method for teaching university students to visually inspect AB-design graphs.

Kelise K. Stewart, James E. Carr, Charles W. Brandt, & Meade M. McHenry. (2007) An evaluation of the conservative dual-criterion method for teaching university students to visually inspect AB-design graphs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 713-718.

The present study evaluated the effects of both a traditional lecture and the conservative dual-criterion (CDC) judgment aid on the ability of 6 university students to visually inspect AB-design line graphs. The traditional lecture reliably failed to improve visual inspection accuracy, whereas the CDC method substantially improved the performance of each participant.

DESCRIPTORS: data analysis, visual inspection, conservative dual-criterion method