Rise of single-case experimental designs: A historical overview of the necessity of single-case methodology

• Published in: Neuropsychological rehabilitation Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 301 - 334
• Main Author: Aydin, Orhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 01.04.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Dissemination; Evidence based research; Evidence-based practice; Evidence-based practices; Experimental research; Historical overview; Idiographic; Limitations; Narratives; Nomothetic; Research methodology; Reviews; Single-case experimental designs; Single-case experimental designs; Nomothetic; Evidence-based practices; Historical overview; Idiographic

Windelband ([1894]1980) advocated that two approaches are used for accumulating scientific knowledge. The first is the idiographic approach that derives knowledge from a single unit, and the second is the nomothetic approach that accumulates knowledge of a group. Given these two approaches, the form...