Article Guide: Milata et al. (2020)

Milata, E. M., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., & Dickson, C. A. (2020). A blueprint for general-case procedures illustrated by teaching adolescents with autism spectrum disorder to use a chip-debit card. Behavioral Interventions, 35, 346-371.

Instruction: After reading the assigned article, answer all of the questions below in-your-own-words. Any answers that are not sufficiently paraphrased will receive 0 points. State the name of the journal this article was published in and the year it was published (1 pt) What was the purpose of the research described in the article or what was the research question the study sought to obtain answers to? (1 pt) How many participants were included in the study? State each participant's age, sex, and any diagnosis if applicable. (1 pt) List the operational definitions for all dependent variables that were measured in the study. These can be copied directly from the article and do not need to be paraphrased. (1 pt) Briefly describe how data were collected for each of the dependent variables. (2 pts) What were the Interobserver Agreement (IOA) percentages and ranges for each participant and each dependent variable? Also state how many sessions/days that data for IOA were collected for each participant. (1 pt) State the experimental design used in the study. Then, briefly describe how the study employed the design. (2 pts) Provide a complete description of how the Baseline procedures, both Teaching procedures, the Stimulus Generalization Assessment procedures were implemented. (5 pts) Describe a visual analysis of the data for Evan's Correct Responses (top tier of Figure 2). Be sure to state if and how the trend, level, and variability of the data change throughout the course of the study, as well as identify any outliers present in the data. (5 pts) Did the article include any formal assessment of social validity? If so, describe how social validity was assessed. (1 pt) What was the overall conclusion or takeaway point from the results of the article. Or, what answer to the study's research question(s) did the results indicate? (1 pts) State one of the limitations of this study. Then, briefly describe how this limitation impacts the overall conclusions of the study or the believability of the findings. (2 pts) In your opinion, was there any social significance for targeting the behaviors in this study? In other words, how might targeting these behaviors improve the individual's life? Consider the extent to which the behavior change increases the individual's access to reinforcing and minimizes their access to punishment. (2 pts)