Practice question
Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation

Procedural-integrity measurement selection: Measurement quality and procedural integrity.

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Question

Difficulty: hard. Skill: analyze. Type: data interpretation.

A BCBA reviews ABC data from three outings for grabbing preferred items. The next decision depends on procedural-integrity measurement selection. What should the BCBA do? The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 2 settings.

A
Check measurement quality, observer agreement, and procedural integrity before making a major decision in relation to adolescent's grabbing preferred items

Correct answer

B
Tell everyone to try harder and review the case next month
C
Treat the most recent data point as proof of the final conclusion
D
Base the decision on the descriptive label for grabbing preferred items and bypass procedural-integrity measurement selection

Explanation

Answer A

The clue is the combination of ABC data from three outings, grabbing preferred items, and the required task: Procedural-integrity measurement selection. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 2 settings. Check measurement quality, observer agreement, and procedural integrity before making a major decision in relation to adolescent's grabbing preferred items is best because it answers that clue through measurement quality and procedural integrity instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.

Why this question is hard

Clue
Key scenario clue

The clue is the combination of ABC data from three outings, grabbing preferred items, and the required task: Procedural-integrity measurement selection. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 2 settings.

Trap
Common trap

Vague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.

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Why the other choices are weaker

B
Choice B

Vague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.

C
Choice C

A single point rarely supports a strong conclusion without considering trend, variability, and context.

D
Choice D

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Procedural-integrity measurement selection decision point or test Measurement quality and procedural integrity.

Study tags

Measurement quality and procedural integrityProcedural-integrity measurement selectionvalidityreliability

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This practice question is tagged to Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation. It also includes study tags for Measurement quality and procedural integrity, Procedural-integrity measurement selection, validity, reliability.

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