Susan recorded data on a student's fidgeting behavior in the following way: She divided a 10-minute recording period into 10-second intervals and recorded in each interval a "+" if the target behavior occurred at least once. The percentage of intervals of target behavior occurrence was about 45%. The data resulting are most likely to be an

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The method of recording data in this way may result in an overestimate of the occurrence of the behavior because it does not take into account the frequency of the behavior within each interval, only if it occurred at least once. Additionally, there is no information given about inter-response times, so choices A and B are not relevant. Choice D is also unlikely as an underestimation would occur if the intervals were longer than 10 seconds or if the behavior was particularly sporadic.

Susan Recorded Data on a Student's Fidgeting Behavior in the Following