Direct Behavior Rating: An Evaluation of Time-Series Interpretations as Consequential Validity

Autor/inn/en	Christ, Theodore J.; Nelson, Peter M.; Van Norman, Ethan R.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris
Titel	Direct Behavior Rating: An Evaluation of Time-Series Interpretations as Consequential Validity
Quelle	In: School Psychology Quarterly, 29 (2014) 2, S.157-170 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-3830
DOI	10.1037/spq0000029
Schlagwörter	Student Behavior; Behavior Rating Scales; Accuracy; Novices; Evaluators; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Graphs; Classification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Grafische Darstellung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem
Abstract	Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) is a repeatable and efficient method of behavior assessment that is used to document teacher perceptions of student behavior in the classroom. Time-series data can be graphically plotted and visually analyzed to evaluate patterns of behavior or intervention effects. This study evaluated the decision accuracy of novice raters who were presented with single-phase graphical plots of DBR data. Three behaviors (i.e., academically engaged, disruptive, and respectful) and three graphical trends (i.e., positive, no trend, and negative) were analyzed by 27 graduate and five undergraduate participants who had minimal visual analysis experience. All graphs were unique, with data points arranged to form one of three "true" trends. Raters correctly classified graphs with positive, no, and negative trends an average of 76, 98, and 67% of instances. The generalized linear mixed model was used to handle significance tests for the categorical data. Results indicate that accuracy was influenced by the trend direction, with the most accurate ratings in the no trend condition. Despite the significant effect for trend direction, the current study provides empirical evidence for accuracy of DBR trends and interpretations. Novice raters and visual analysts yielded accurate decisions regarding the trend of plotted data for student behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01