Suggested Inferential Statistical Models for Research in Behavior Modification

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Abstract
Operant Conditioning procedures have diffused to applied educational settings where results are not descriptively obvious. Inferential statistics using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis (MLR) to partial variance to answer specific behavioral modification research questions are presented. Four applications of MLR to typical behavioral modification designs are illustrated. The examples represent the case where the research questions dictate the statistical design. Assumptions regarding individual subject design and repeated measurement problems are presented and are seen as minor sources of difficulty for use of inferential statistics in behavioral modification studies.