Applying Signal-Detection Theory to the Study of Observer Accuracy and Bias in Behavioral Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Lerman, Dorothea C.; Tetreault, Allison; Hovanetz, Alyson; Bellaci, Emily; Miller, Jonathan; Karp, Hilary; Mahmood, Angela; Strobel, Maggie; Mullen, Shelley; Keyl, Alice; Toupard, Alexis
Titel	Applying Signal-Detection Theory to the Study of Observer Accuracy and Bias in Behavioral Assessment
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43 (2010) 2, S.195-213 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Classroom Techniques; Behavior Modification; Behavior Change; Adolescents; Laboratory Experiments; Models; Data Collection; Theories; Identification; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Observation; Developmental Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Analogiemodell; Data capture; Datensammlung; Theory; Theorie; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Beobachtung; Entwicklungsstörung
Abstract	We evaluated the feasibility and utility of a laboratory model for examining observer accuracy within the framework of signal-detection theory (SDT). Sixty-one individuals collected data on aggression while viewing videotaped segments of simulated teacher-child interactions. The purpose of Experiment 1 was to determine if brief feedback and contingencies for scoring accurately would bias responding reliably. Experiment 2 focused on one variable (specificity of the operational definition) that we hypothesized might decrease the likelihood of bias. The effects of social consequences and information about expected behavior change were examined in Experiment 3. Results indicated that feedback and contingencies reliably biased responding and that the clarity of the definition only moderately affected this outcome. (Contains 1 table, 4 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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