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@article{citeulike:208315, abstract = {Most preference assessments require individuals to choose among two or more stimuli. More recently, the duration of engagement with items has been used as an index of preference. In the current study, the predictive validity of a single stimulus engagement (SSE) preference assessment was evaluated with 4 individuals. Stimuli were presented singly for a brief period while engagement with that stimulus was recorded. Although SSE preference rankings closely matched paired stimulus preference assessment rankings for only 2 of the 4 participants, relative preference rankings based on duration of engagement predicted relative reinforcer effectiveness for all participants in a subsequent concurrent-schedule reinforcer assessment. The SSE procedure took less time to administer than the paired stimulus procedure but produced less stable preference rankings across administrations. The SSE procedure may be appropriate for individuals who have difficulty selecting one stimulus from among two or more stimuli, and it may be well suited for evaluating activities that are difficult to present in a paired stimulus format.}, address = {Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Hagopian@kennedykrieger.org}, author = {Hagopian, L. P. and Rush, K. S. and Lewin, A. B. and Long, E. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {208315}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11800186}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11800186}, comment = {Good example of an alternative to preference as approach frequency.}, issn = {0021-8855}, journal = {Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis}, keywords = {choiceterms, developmental\_disabilities, pdfcopy, preference\_assessment}, number = {4}, pages = {475--485}, posted-at = {2005-05-23 04:47:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Evaluating the predictive validity of a single stimulus engagement preference assessment.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11800186}, volume = {34}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:208315 L3 - citeulike-article-id:208315 N2 - Most preference assessments require individuals to choose among two or more stimuli. More recently, the duration of engagement with items has been used as an index of preference. In the current study, the predictive validity of a single stimulus engagement (SSE) preference assessment was evaluated with 4 individuals. Stimuli were presented singly for a brief period while engagement with that stimulus was recorded. Although SSE preference rankings closely matched paired stimulus preference assessment rankings for only 2 of the 4 participants, relative preference rankings based on duration of engagement predicted relative reinforcer effectiveness for all participants in a subsequent concurrent-schedule reinforcer assessment. The SSE procedure took less time to administer than the paired stimulus procedure but produced less stable preference rankings across administrations. The SSE procedure may be appropriate for individuals who have difficulty selecting one stimulus from among two or more stimuli, and it may be well suited for evaluating activities that are difficult to present in a paired stimulus format. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis SN - 0021-8855 AD - Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Hagopian@kennedykrieger.org EP - 485 TI - Evaluating the predictive validity of a single stimulus engagement preference assessment. VL - 34 SP - 475 KW - choiceterms KW - developmental_disabilities KW - pdfcopy KW - preference_assessment N1 - Good example of an alternative to preference as approach frequency. AU - Hagopian, LP AU - Rush, KS AU - Lewin, AB AU - Long, ES PY - 2001/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11800186 ER -