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ERIC Number: ED599361
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr-28
Pages: 42
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Response Ratio Effect Sizes for Single-Case Designs with Behavioral Outcome Measures
Pustejovsky, James Eric
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
Methods for meta-analyzing single-case designs (SCDs) are needed in order to inform evidence based practice in special education and to draw broader and more defensible generalizations in areas where SCDs comprise a large part of the research base. The most widely used outcomes in single-case research are measures of behavior collected using systematic direct observation, which are typically quantified as rates or proportions. For studies that use such measures, a simple and intuitive way to quantify effect sizes is in terms of proportionate change from baseline, using an effect size known as the log response ratio. This paper describes methods for estimating log response ratios and for combining the estimates using meta-analysis. The methods are based on a simple model for comparing two phases, where the level of the outcome is stable within each phase and the repeated outcome measurements are independent. Autocorrelation in the outcome measures will lead to inconsistent estimates of the sampling variance of the effect size. However, meta-analysis of response ratios can be conducted with robust variance estimation procedures that remain valid even when sampling variance estimates are inconsistent. The methods are demonstrated using data from a recent meta-analysis on the effects of group contingency interventions for student problem behavior.
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305D160002
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