Quantifying the magnitude of sequential association between events or behaviors

  • Yoder P
  • Feurer I
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Presents a detailed discussion of (1) the most common index of sequential association (i.e., the transitional probability of one type of behavior given the immediately preceding occurrence of another type of behavior), which is shown to be inappropriate for most applications of sequential analysis; (2) the consequences of using transitional probabilities as an index of sequential association; and (3) the conceptual underpinnings of a more appropriate index of sequential association, Yule's Q. The authors also describe a few of the other indices of association that have been used and indicate their limitations when used as indices of sequential association. The discussion of the issues and the examples used to illustrate them focuses on situations and questions in which the second behavior of interest is predicted to occur immediately after the first behavior of interest (i.e., a forward lag 1 analysis). However, the general issues discussed apply to research questions in which the first and second behaviors of interest are expected to occur simultaneously, and to questions in which the second behavior is expected to occur one or two behaviors after the first behavior.

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Yoder, P. J., & Feurer, I. D. (2000). Quantifying the magnitude of sequential association between events or behaviors. In T. Thompson, D. Felce, & F. J. Symons (Eds.), Behavioral observation: Technology and applications in developmental disabilities (pp. 317–333). Baltimore: Paul H Brookes Publishing.

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