ABA Designs To draw conclusions about the effectiveness of an experimental manipulation, the most critical component of the ABA design is the demonstration that

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The ABA design involves three phases: baseline (A), treatment (B), and return to baseline (A). The most critical component of this design is that after the experimental manipulation (phase B), the behavior should return to the baseline level of responding when the treatment is removed and the participant returns to the initial conditions (phase A). This demonstrates that the experimental manipulation was the cause of any changes in behavior observed during phase B.

ABA Designs to Draw Conclusions About the Effectiveness of an Experimental