Explain how you would gather data on each of the following measures for out of seat behavior for this child:
See example for the first measure:
i. Count – Observe, when buttock is not in contact with seat, mark as “out of seat” on recording sheet, when buttocks come back in contact with chair the occurrence ends. When buttock is not in contact with seat, mark… continue to do this for instance of out of seat behavior until the end of the observation period. Add the total number
Now you try it…
ii. Cumulative Count
iii. Episodic Duration
iv. Total Duration
v. Rate
vi. Latency
vii. Inter-response Time
viii. Extensity
ix. Momentary Time Sampling
x. Partial Time sampling
xi. Whole Time sampling
Which of these measures would be the most informative to reduce the child’s out of seat behavior and why? Which would be the least informative and why?
Design a recording form for this behavior and explain how you would use this form to gather data on this behavior. What equipment would you need to collect data? In what units would your measure be expressed?