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📈RBT 2026 STUDY GUIDE
RBT Data Collection and Graphing
Practice continuous and discontinuous measurement, permanent product, calculations, graph entry, and trend reading.
8 key ideas8 flashcards5 practice questions
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Key ideas to know
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Frequency counts how many times a response occurs.
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Rate divides a frequency count by observation time.
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Duration measures how long a response lasts; latency measures time from a cue to response onset.
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Interresponse time measures the time between two response instances.
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Partial-interval recording marks an interval when the response occurs at any point; whole-interval recording requires occurrence across the full interval.
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Momentary time sampling checks whether the response occurs at the scheduled observation moment.
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Permanent-product recording measures a lasting result left by the response.
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Reliable data require clear response definitions, accurate timing, consistent collection, and faithful graph entry.
PART OF THE RBT 2026 GUIDE
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→Frequency and rate are identical
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Rate includes observation time, while frequency is only a count.
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→Momentary time sampling tracks the whole interval
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It records only what is occurring at the scheduled moment.
Flashcards
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1What does frequency measure?Show answer ＋
The number of response instances.
2How is rate calculated?Show answer ＋
Frequency divided by observation time.
3What does duration measure?Show answer ＋
How long a response lasts.
4What does latency measure?Show answer ＋
Time from a stated cue or event to response onset.
5What does interresponse time measure?Show answer ＋
Time between two response instances.
6What does partial interval record?Show answer ＋
Whether the response occurred at any point in the interval.
7What does whole interval record?Show answer ＋
Whether the response occurred throughout the full interval.
8What is a permanent product?Show answer ＋
A lasting result that can be counted or measured after the response.
Explain it in your own words
Use the answer as a check after you have written or spoken your response.
01A response occurs 24 times in 2 hours. What is the hourly rate?
12 responses per hour.
02A task begins 8 seconds after an instruction. Which measure fits?
Latency.
03Why can partial-interval recording overestimate occurrence?
One brief response marks the entire interval as occurrence.
04Why can whole-interval recording underestimate occurrence?
The interval is marked only when the response lasts for the full interval.
05A graph point was entered on the wrong date. What should the RBT do?
Correct it through the approved record process and report the error rather than hiding it.
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