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  • Behavioral Science
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Statistical methods for single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) are increasingly used to evaluate intervention effects.
  • Existing models often incorporate slopes and autocorrelations, which both influence data trends.
  • A key challenge is potential indeterminacy between slope and autocorrelation estimation in trended SCED data due to limited observations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of four Bayesian change-point models in analyzing SCED data with trends.
  • To investigate the indeterminacy between estimating slope and autocorrelation in SCED data.
  • To identify the most reliable Bayesian model for SCED data analysis.

Main Methods:

  • A Monte Carlo simulation was employed to compare four Bayesian change-point models: intercepts only (IO), slopes but no autocorrelations (SI), autocorrelations but no slopes (NS), and both autocorrelations and slopes (SA).
  • Weakly informative priors were utilized to maintain agnosticism regarding model parameters.
  • Model performance was evaluated using coverage rates, 0-coverage rates, effect size accuracy, and relative bias metrics.

Main Results:

  • The model incorporating both slopes and autocorrelations (SA) exhibited significant issues, with Type II errors being prohibitively large and credible intervals frequently and erroneously containing zero.
  • The slopes but no autocorrelations (SI) model consistently outperformed the other models across key performance indicators, including slope effect size, intercept effect size, and bias.
  • Specific metrics like 0-coverage and coverage rates for slope and intercept effect sizes highlighted the SI model's superiority.

Conclusions:

  • The slopes but no autocorrelations (SI) model is recommended for researchers analyzing SCED data with trends, outperforming models that include autocorrelations or only intercepts.
  • Future research on slope effect sizes in SCEDs should prioritize evaluating performance through coverage and 0-coverage rates.
  • Further investigation into the use of informative priors within SCED statistical models is warranted.