Ivan creates a treatment program to alter his family's tendency to swear at him. He first applies the program to his sister, then to his mother, and finally to his father. What type of research design is he employing to measure his family's improvement?
A) A multiple-baseline-across-behaviors design
B) A multiple-baseline-across-persons design
C) A reversal design across settings
D) A reversal design across behaviors

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Ivan is using a multiple-baseline-across-persons design because he applies the treatment to different people (his sister, mother, and father) at different times to measure the effects of the treatment on each person's behavior.

Ivan Creates a Treatment Program to Alter His Family's Tendency