Question

Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: applied scenario.

A BCBA needs to know how long each episode of calling out lasts in a home program. Which measurement system best fits this question? The team is preparing for a parent review meeting.

A
Frequency recording
B
Latency recording
C
Permanent product recording
D
Duration recording

Correct answer

Explanation

Answer D

Duration recording measures how long behavior occurs, which matches the decision question in the stem.

Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

Frequency counts occurrences but does not measure how long each episode lasts.

B
Choice B

Latency measures time from an antecedent to response onset.

C
Choice C

Permanent products measure outcomes left by behavior, not episode length here.

Study tags

MeasurementTreatment IntegrityData Collection

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