Data Collection Activity
Student’s Name
Institution
Course
Activity 1
Data Collection Activity – Hand raising
HAND R ARISING: ANYTIME THE INDIVIDUAL RAISES THEIR HAND ABOVE THEIR Article Error (TS SHOULDER FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE SECOND. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TIME THE HAND IS NOT RAISED ABOVE THEIR SHOULDER HEIGHT OR WHEN IT OCCURS FOR LESS THAN ONE SECOND. O NE INSTANCE IS OVER WHEN THE Confused HAND HAS RETURNED BELOW SHOULDER LEVEL FOR AT LEAST ONE SECOND. THE ARM CAN BE EXTENDED OR BENT, THE HAND CAN BE STRAIGHT, IN A FIST Article Error (ETS OR WAVING, AND THE HAND AND ARM MAY BE SUPPORTED BY ANOTHER HAND/
HARM.
Coding Symbols:
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Behavior not observed
Whole Interval Coding Form
(10-Second Interval)
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Partial Interval Coding Form
Missing
(10-Second Interval)
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FREQUENCY COUNT
Missing
(ETS
Activity 2
Hypothetical Data
Frequency of Functional Communication Hands
Time
Days of the Week
Sum
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00-9:00
17
19
20
18
21
95
9:00-10:00
19
18
22
21
20
100
10:00-11:00
18
17
19
20
22
96
11:00-12:00
10
9
Early
10
11
40
12:00 – 1:00
9
10
Dismissal for
12
14
45
1:00-2:00
7
6
Client
8
9
30 30
Line Graph Representing the Data per Hour
Article Error (ETS
Line Graph for the Data per Hour
-8:00-9:00
-9:00-10:00
-10:00-11:00
11:00 – 12:00
-12:00-1:00
-1:00-2:00
25
00 20
15 15
10
5
0
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
5
Discussion
There are a few differences in the data displayed in the three-line graphs above. The first two graphs representing the data per hour and data per day exhibited a close resemblance, with the only changes experienced in the column section. The line graph representing the data per hour had columns for the data recorded per hour. However, the two line graphs appeared similar because it was only possible to represent the data per hour by indicating which day of the week the data was recorded. However, the last graph representing the data per week was completely different from the first two as it entailed the cumulative frequencies of the data recorded Missing”,” throughout the week, from Monday to Friday.
It was challenging to graph the shortened days because it compelled me to put a dash as no data was recorded on Wednesday from 11 to 2 p.m. In incidences where I collect data to report on the client’s success, the bar method I prefer for graphing is the bar. This is because bar Missing”,”S graphs give an excellent visual presentation, and one can easily comprehend the client’s level of success by just looking at the length of the bars.
