The intent of research is to inform coworkers in similar environments of new
or varied approaches to problems assumed
to be shared. However, narratives of
reported studies neglect to identify vari
ables necessary for reproducing environmental contigencies. If the proposition is
accepted that service agencies occupy
unique environments, then single organism
research designs such as ABAB and
multiple baseline designs may provide
more valuable information than currently
accepted research methodologies.
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