The basis for Sidman's (1960) argument that single-subject designs are preferable to group-comparison designs is that
A) single-subject designs are more efficient.
B) single-subject designs are less costly.
C) in the process of summarizing each group's performance, we may lose important information on how individuals perform.
D) group-comparison designs generally require the use of sophisticated Bayesian statistical analyses.
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT an example of a common usage of single-subject designs?
A) determining whether a particular client is improving when a particular treatment is applied
B) determining if a specific child's academic achievement improves with a specific teaching method
C) determining if an antismoking campaign is having an effect at a specific school
D) determining which particular dose of a drug is the most effective for a specific patient
Mendel's analyses of single-factor crosses
Growth of Suburban St. Louis, 1950–1960
Withdrawing Medication from Single-Dose or Multiple-Dose Vials
Poor single parents and their children
Testcross of a single character
Some human traits controlled by a single gene