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. 2015 Jul 23;8(2):144-146.
doi: 10.1007/s40617-015-0069-9. eCollection 2015 Oct.

Are We Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? Comment on Dixon et al

Ronnie Detrich  1
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Are We Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? Comment on Dixon et al

Ronnie Detrich. Behav Anal Pract. .

Abstract

Dixon and colleagues (Behavior Analysis in Practice 8(1):7-15, 2015) used publication rates of faculty in programs with Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) approved course sequences as a proxy measure for the quality of the program. The paper is important because it begins a conversation about what the characteristics of a quality program should be. Low publication rates for most of these programs and their faculties were a source of concern for Dixon, et al., but from the perspective of measurement validity, this finding is not necessarily bad news. Program quality is a multi-dimensional construct, and for some dimensions, publication rates are likely to be irrelevant.

Keywords: Assessing quality; Quality of training; Validity.

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