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Probability Pyramiding Revisited: Univariate, Multivariate, and Neural Network Analyses of Complex Data

Behavior and Social Issues

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Title Probability Pyramiding Revisited: Univariate, Multivariate, and Neural Network Analyses of Complex Data
 
Creator Ninness, Chris
Henderson, Robert
Ninness, Sharon K.
Halle, Sarah
 
Subject Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Software Systems
Type I error rate, multivariate analysis, univariate analysis, inflation, experimentwise error rate, neural network, external validity
 
Description Historically, behavior analytic research and practice have been grounded in the single subject examination of behavior change. Within the behavior analytic community, there remains little doubt that the graphing of behavior is a powerful strategy for demonstrating functional control by the independent variable; however, during the past thirty years, various statistical techniques have become a popular alternative form of evidence for demonstrating a treatment effect. Concurrently, a mounting number of behavior analytic investigators are measuring multiple dependent variables when conducting statistical analyses. Without employing strategies that protect the experimentwise error rate, evaluation of multiple dependent variables within a single experiment is likely to inflate the Type I error rate. In fact, with each additional dependent variable examined in univariate fashion, the probability of “incorrectly” identifying statistical significance increases exponentially as a function of chance. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and several other statistical techniques can preclude this common error. We provide an overview of the procedural complications arising from methodologies that might inflate the Type I error rate. Additionally, we provide a sample of reviewer comments and suggestions, and an enrichment section focusing on this somewhat contentious issue, as well as a number of statistical and neural network techniques that enhance power and preclude the inflation of Type I error rates
 
Publisher University of Illinois at Chicago Library
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-11-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/6048
10.5210/bsi.v24i0.6048
 
Source Behavior and Social Issues; Vol 24 (2015); 164-186
1064-9506
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/6048/5144