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Permutation Statistics in Single Case Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

J. C. Clements
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
D. J. Hand
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London

Extract

This paper illustrates the use of a single case design and analysis based upon assignment rather than sampling theory in a series of case studies of young and handicapped children with sleeping difficulties. The strengths and limitations of the design are discussed.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1985

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