EDUR 7130
Educational Research On-Line
Single-Subject Research
Assigned Readings
Gay's Text: Chapter 11 Experimental Research
Single-Subject Research
As the name indicates, single-subject research, as applied in education, almost exclusively refers to reseasrch conducted on a single individual. Occasionally the experimental designed employed in single-subject research will be used to study behavior of groups of people, but in most areas, especially outside of education, such research is referred to as cross-over studies.
Single-subject research is necessarily experimental. The goal of single-subject research is to learn whether an intervention, or a series of interventions, have an observable impact on an indivudal's behavior. The term intervention refers to a treatment that is administered to the individual studied.
Like the subjects-as-their-own-control control procedures, individuals studied in single-subject research serve as their own control. This means that judgements about the effectiveness of the intervention, or treatment, are based upon changes observed in the individual's behavior over time.
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Copyright 1999, Bryan W. Griffin
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