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| A simple and versatile graphic format for summarizing behavioral data; shares most of the line graph's features except it does not have distinct data points representing successive response measures through time. |
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| A type of graph on which the cumulative number of responses emitted is represented on the vertical axis; the steeper the slope of the data path, the greater the response rate. |
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| A device that automatically draws cumulative records (graphs) that show the rate of response in real time; each time a response is emitted, a pen moves upward across paper that continuously moves at a constant speed. |
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| The results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form; in applied behavior analysis, it refers to measures of some quantifiable dimension of behavior. |
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| The level and trend of behavior between successive data points; created by drawing a straight line from the center of each data point in a given data set to the center of the next data point in the same set. |
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| The variable in an experiment measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent variable; in applied behavior analysis, it represents some measure of a socially significant behavior. |
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| A visual format for displaying data; reveals relations among and between a series of measurements and relevant variables. |
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| The variable that is systematically manipulated by the researcher in an experiment to see whether changes in it produce reliable changes in the DV. In applied behavior analysis, it is usually an environmental event or condition antecedent or consequent to the DV. |
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| The value on the vertical axis around which a series of behavioral measures converge. |
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| Based on a Cartesian plane, where any point within the plane represents a specific relation between the two dimensions described by the intersecting lines. |
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| The average rate of response during a smaller period of time within a larger period for which an overall response rate has been given. |
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| The rate of response over a given time period. |
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| A two-dimensional graph that shows the relative distribution of individual measures in a data set with respect to the variables depicted by the x and y axes. The data points are not connected. |
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| A two-dimensional graph with a logarithmic scaled y axis so that equal distances on the vertical axis represent changes in behavior that are of equal proportion. |
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| split-middle line of progress |
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| A line drawn through a series of graphed data points that shows the overall trend in the data; drawn through the intersections of the vertical and horizontal middles of each half of the charted data and then adjusted up or down so that half of all the data points fall on or above and half fall on or blow the line. |
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| Standard Celeration Chart |
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| A multiply-divide chart with six base-10(or x10, /10) cycles on the vertical axis that can accommodate response rates as low as 1 per 24 hours to as high as 1,000 per minute. It enables the standardized charting of celeration, a factor by which rate of behavior multiplies or divides per unit of time. |
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| The overall direction taken by a data path. It is described in terms of direction (increasing, decreasing, or zero trend), degree (gradual or steep), and the extent of variability of data points around it. |
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| The frequency and extent to which multiple measures of behavior yield different outcomes. |
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| A systematic approach for interpreting the results of behavioral research and treatment programs that entails visual inspection of graphed data for variability, level and trend within and between experimental conditions. |
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| A bar graph is also called a _____. |
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| Intervention or treatment variable |
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| The Independent Variable is sometimes called the _____. |
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| A two-dimensional area formed by the intersection of two perpendicular lines. |
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| A _____ graph is the most common graphic format for displaying data in applied behavior analysis. |
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| Trend is used in _____ measures of behavior under unchanging conditions. |
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