Optimal number of baseline sessions before changing phases within single-case experimental designs

• Published in: Behavioural processes Vol. 191; p. 104461
• Main Authors: Barnard-Brak, Lucy, Watkins, Laci, Richman, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Baseline; biomedical research; experimental design; phase transition; Sessions; Single case; Single subject; standard deviation; Single case; Baseline; Single subject; Sessions

•We examined the optimal number of baseline sessions that produced minimal bias.•As the number of baseline sessions increased, the bias in effect size estimates decreased.•Second, we examined what would be the minimum number of baseline sessions associated with varying levels of bias.•As the number...