Equivalence Class Formation: A Method for Teaching Statistical Interactions

Autor/inn/en	Fields, Lanny; Travis, Robert; Roy, Deborah; Yadlovker, Eytan; de Aguiar-Rocha, Liliane; Sturmey, Peter
Titel	Equivalence Class Formation: A Method for Teaching Statistical Interactions
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42 (2009) 3, S.575-593 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Interaction; Concept Formation; Evaluation Methods; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Scores; Drills (Practice); College Students; Data Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Computer Software; Stimuli; Children; Adults; Age Differences; Sleep; Aggression; Light; Plants (Botany); Feedback (Response); Behavioral Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Collegestudent; Auswertung; Statistische Analyse; Anreizsystem; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Schlaf; Licht; Pflanze
Abstract	Many students struggle with statistical concepts such as interaction. In an experimental group, participants took a paper-and-pencil test and then were given training to establish equivalent classes containing four different statistical interactions. All participants formed the equivalence classes and showed maintenance when probes contained novel negative exemplars. Thereafter, participants took a second paper-and-pencil test. Participants in the control group received two versions of the paper-and-pencil test without equivalence-based instruction. All participants in the experimental group showed increased paper-and-pencil test scores after forming the interaction-indicative equivalence classes. Class-indicative responding also generalized to novel exemplars and the novel question format used in the paper-and-pencil test. Test scores did not change with repetition for control group participants. Implications for behavioral diagnostics and teaching technology are discussed. (Contains 5 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10