| Contents | 5 |
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| List of Figures | 8 |
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| List of Tables | 9 |
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| Author Biographies | 10 |
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| 1 Overview of the Single Subject Design | 11 |
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| Single Subject Design Methodology | 12 |
| References | 14 |
| 2 The Application of the Single Subject Design | 18 |
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| Choice and Measurement of Outcomes | 18 |
| Choice and Application of Interventions | 19 |
| Nomenclature of Single Subject Designs | 20 |
| The Family of Single Subject Designs: The Basic A-B Design | 21 |
| The A-B-A Design | 23 |
| A-B-A-B Design | 25 |
| B-A-B Single-Subject Design | 25 |
| Multiple Baseline Design | 26 |
| Alternating Treatments Design | 28 |
| Changing Criterion Design | 30 |
| Summary | 32 |
| References | 33 |
| 3 Methodological Framework for Single Subject Designs | 34 |
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| Historical Roots | 34 |
| Sources of Threats to Internal Validity | 39 |
| Summary | 50 |
| References | 51 |
| 4 Evaluation and Analysis of Data Generated from Single Subject Designs | 53 |
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| Experimental Control and the Single Subject Design | 53 |
| Interventions (Independent Variables) | 57 |
| Outcomes (Dependent Variables) | 58 |
| Response Guided Studies | 60 |
| Statistical Analysis of Data Collected Using Single | 61 |
| Subject Methodology | 61 |
| Graphical Display of Data and Visual Analysis | 62 |
| Inferential Statistical Analysis | 68 |
| Summary | 73 |
| References | 74 |
| 5 Ethics and Single Subject Research | 77 |
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| Primer on Ethics | 77 |
| Philosophical Perspectives | 77 |
| Guiding Principles | 78 |
| Professional Competence | 79 |
| Certification and Licensure | 79 |
| Maintaining Professional Competence | 80 |
| PracticingWithin an Area of Competence | 80 |
| Patient Rights | 80 |
| Informed Consent | 80 |
| Discontinuation | 82 |
| Confidentiality | 82 |
| Deception | 83 |
| Conflict of Interest | 83 |
| Methodological Considerations | 83 |
| Choice of Patient | 84 |
| Choice of Treatment Objectives | 84 |
| Choice of Interventions | 85 |
| Choice of Control Conditions | 86 |
| Withdrawal Designs | 86 |
| Research Context | 87 |
| Facilitating Research | 87 |
| References | 88 |
| 6 Application of the Single Subject Design in Biomedicine | 89 |
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| Past and Current Application of the Single Subject | 89 |
| Design in Biomedicine | 89 |
| Overview for Conducting a Single Subject Design | 93 |
| Illustrations of Single Subject Design Application | 95 |
| Summary | 103 |
| References | 103 |
| 7 Annotated Bibliography of Single Subject Studies | 105 |
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| References | 122 |