Statistical Methods for Single-Case Research Designs(Commemorative Symposium)

Abstract

The purpose of the present article is to provide a review of statistical methods for single-case research designs. This review includes the following: (a) features of single-case data, (b) a summary of related studies about the reliability of visual inspection, (c) a summary of statistical inference methods (i.e., statistical tests), (d) a summary of descriptive statistics (i.e., effect-size indices), (e) introduction of some resources for studying these methods, and (f) a review of the present status of these methods and a discussion of the review.