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The consecutive controlled case series: Design, data-analytics, and reporting methods supporting the study of generality : Consecutive Controlled Case Series
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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d4233587e61">Single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) have proven
invaluable in research and practice
because they are optimal for asking many experimental questions relevant to the analysis
of behavior. The consecutive controlled case series (CCCS) is a type of study in which
a SCED is employed in a series of consecutively encountered cases that undergo a common
procedure or share a common characteristic. Additional design elements, data-analytic,
and reporting methods enable researchers to ask experimental questions relevant to
the study of generality of procedures and processes. The current paper discusses the
CCCS methodologies, including the retrospective, prospective, and randomized CCCS.
These methodologies can be applied to examine the generality of clinical procedures
(including their general efficacy, the limits of their generality, and variables that
may mediate generality); study the epidemiology and phenomenology of clinical problems;
and compare the efficacy of 2 clinical procedures within a randomized controlled trial
combining SCEDs with randomized group designs.
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