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Study these concept maps to help you see the big picture ideas of this chapter. Three steps to establishing that one thing causes another. Review the 8 threats to internal validity (8 general causes of spuriousness) Understanding the 8 threats to internal validity and how they harm the validity of the pretest-posttest and nonequivalent control group designs The general idea behind the single-n design's internal validity==and how it compares to the time-series design Evaluating 4 Types of single-n designs to see the connections between key terms	Quick matching test Review using our flashcards	Read about an alternative to using quasi-experiments in "Web Appendix: Field Experiments."	Hints for (and some answers to) Chapter 14 exercises
Review the threats to internal validity by reading this detective story View a 4-minute video that provides a simple explanation of 3 common single-n designs	Take the Practice Quiz (a short, general quiz over the entire chapter).
Review by Studying the key terms, Studying the key issues, Studying this chapter summary, Reading this brief overview of common single-N designs, and Testing yourself on the chapter objectives. Don't take a quiz or test over Chapter 14 material until you understand the answers to these review questions.	Take 14-item quizzes over the first part of the chapter. Quiz A Quiz B Take13-item quizzes over the second part of the chapter. Quiz A Quiz B	Browse abstracts of articles using single-n and small-n designs Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (If your school has a subscription, you can read articles here. If your school does not have a subscription, you can still read article's Abstracts) Behavioral Analysis: Research and Practice (If your school has a subscription, you can read articles here. If your school does not have a subscription, you can still read article's Abstracts)

Review and improve your understanding of the material

Quiz yourself

Apply this information

Get help

Study these concept maps to help you see the big picture ideas of this chapter.

Three steps to establishing that one thing causes another.
Review the 8 threats to internal validity (8 general causes of spuriousness)
Understanding the 8 threats to internal validity and how they harm the validity of the pretest-posttest and nonequivalent control group designs

he single-n design's internal validity==and how it compares to the time-series design

Evaluating 4 Types of single-n designs

to see the connections between key terms

Quick matching test

Review using our flashcards

Read about an alternative to using quasi-experiments in "Web Appendix: Field Experiments."

Hints for (and some answers to) Chapter 14 exercises

Review the threats to internal validity by reading this detective story

View a 4-minute video that provides a simple explanation of 3 common single-n designs

Take the Practice Quiz (a short, general quiz over the entire chapter).

Review by

Studying the key terms,
Studying the key issues,
Studying this chapter summary,
Reading this brief overview of common single-N designs, and
Testing yourself on the chapter objectives.
Don't take a quiz or test over Chapter 14 material until you understand the answers to these review questions.

Take 14-item quizzes over the first part of the chapter.

Take13-item quizzes over the second part of the chapter.

Browse abstracts of articles using single-n and small-n designs

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (If your school has a subscription, you can read articles here. If your school does not have a subscription, you can still read article's Abstracts)
Behavioral Analysis: Research and Practice (If your school has a subscription, you can read articles here. If your school does not have a subscription, you can still read article's Abstracts)

Chapter 14 exercises

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