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Description (goal of science)

The first level of scientific understanding: systematic observation of behavior and related events, quantified and classified so the facts can be examined and compared.

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An analyst records when and where a student's outbursts happen across two weeks.

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BCBA A.1 · Behaviorism and Philosophical FoundationsThe scientific goals of behavior analysis: description, prediction, and control

Control (goal of science)
Correlation
Functional relation
Prediction
Deprivation
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