What is an advantage of the multiple baseline design?

A) it provides a way to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention when a reversal design is not desirable
B) it eliminates the use of a baseline phase
C) it provides a quick way to determine the effectiveness of an intervention
D) it eliminates the need to collect behavioral observation prior to implementing an intervention

Multiple Baseline Design

A method of graphing behavioral observations that provides a way to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention when a reversal design is not desirable. A multiple baseline design permits recording and analyzing behavioral observations from three variables: (1) two or more behaviors associated with one student in a single setting, (2) two or more students exhibiting the same behavior in a single setting, and (3) two or more settings in which one student is exhibiting the same behavior.

Reversal Design

An experimental technique where a behavior is measured before and after a treatment is introduced, and then once again when the treatment is removed.

Intervention

Actions or strategies implemented to produce a change in a situation or in the behavior of individuals, often within educational or therapeutic contexts.