Tara A. Fahmie & Gregory P. Hanley. (2008)
Progressing toward data intimacy: A review of within-session data analysis.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
41, 319-331.
Visual inspection of data is a common method for understanding, responding to, and
communicating important behavior-environment relations in single-subject research.
In a field that was once dominated by cumulative, moment-to-moment records of behavior,
a number of graphic forms currently exist that aggregate data into larger units. In this paper,
we describe the continuum of aggregation that ranges from distant to intimate displays of
behavioral data. To aid in an understanding of the conditions under which a more intimate
analysis is warranted (i.e., one that provides a richer analysis than that provided by condition
or session aggregates), we review a sample of research articles for which within-session data
depiction has enhanced the visual analysis of applied behavioral research.
DESCRIPTORS: binned analyses, data analysis, visual inspection, within-session data, statistics