Frequency Measures of Behavior for Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation

摘要: Documenting assistive technology outcomes has grown in importance, but outcome measurement remains problematic. A new approach uses natural science measures and a model (selectionism) from the field of Behavior Analysis. Selectionism defines behaviors by their effects (functional performance) environment (including technology) within which they occur, explicitly treats variation patterns behavior over time for individuals (intervention effects). Its basic metric is frequency (count per unit time) similar to robust engineering like centimeters, grams, seconds. This eliminates many problems inherent more traditional psychometrics. based on frequencies also provides an empirical structure or taxonomy organize efforts outcomes, unified notion fluency. Composite are combinations smaller component that required performance composite. above beha...