dc.contributor.author | Kong, Xiuyuan | en_NZ |
dc.contributor.author | McEwan, James S.A. | en_NZ |
dc.contributor.author | Bizo, Lewis A. | en_NZ |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, T. Mary | en_NZ |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-21T02:12:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017 | en_NZ |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-21T02:12:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.citation | Kong, X., McEwan, J. S. A., Bizo, L. A., & Foster, T. M. (2017). An analysis of U-Value as a measure of variability. The Psychological Record, -online, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-017-0219-2 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-2933 | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11009 | |
dc.description.abstract | The variability in behavior has frequently been assessed using a measure known as the U-value. Of concern in this article were the limits and constraints on U-value as a measure of variability. The relation between the U-value and aspects of variability was examined using three sets of simulated data. Our analysis demonstrates that the U-value as a measure of variability on its own fails to capture repetitive patterns in the sequence of responding. The U-value was shown to reflect the evenness of the distributions of responses across the categories/options used; however, when the number of categories actually used by the participant differed from the total number available, the relation between U-values and the number of categories allocated with responses was shown to be nonlinear. It was also shown that the same value of U can represent different levels of evenness in response distributions over categories, depending on the number of categories/options actually used. These constraints and limitations are discussed in relation to how researchers might report on behavioral variability. | |
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dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) | en_NZ |
dc.rights | © Association for Behavior Analysis International 2017. This is the author's accepted version. The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40732-017-0219-2 | |
dc.subject | Behavioral variability | |
dc.subject | Measure of variability | |
dc.subject | Stereotypy | |
dc.subject | U-value | |
dc.title | An analysis of U-Value as a measure of variability | en_NZ |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s40732-017-0219-2 | en_NZ |
dc.relation.isPartOf | The Psychological Record | en_NZ |
pubs.begin-page | 1 | |
pubs.elements-id | 192053 | |
pubs.end-page | 6 | |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | en_NZ |
pubs.volume | -online | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2163-3452 | en_NZ |