Evaluating Professional Behavior Analysts’ Literature Searches

Autor: Nicole L. Bank, Einar T. Ingvarsson, Trenton J. Landon
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Behavior Analysis in Practice. 16:284-295
ISSN: 2196-8934
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DOI: 10.1007/s40617-022-00720-w
Popis: The first section of the new Behavior Analyst Certification Board's Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (BACB, 2020) includes the expectation that behavior analysts will maintain competence by reading relevant literature. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate to what extent professional behavior analysts search for and access the behavior analytic literature. A survey invitation was sent through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and social media outlets at the end of 2020; 180 professionals responded. Roughly 80% of participants searched for research at least once per month. The top three online resources used were academic web search (72.7%), a university library subscription (65.6%), and the BACB research resource (65.6%). Forty-five percent of all participants indicated satisfaction with the research resources available to them. A series of independent samples
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