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The unprecedented growth in the experimental analysis of human operant behavior has depended on, and been stimulated by, conceptual and theoretical developments in behavior analysis and a corresponding expansion of research methods. Research methods play a key role in scientific development and that is the reason for this volume. The chapters herein review and assess the methods available to researchers interested in the variety of topics that constitute the experimental analysis of human behavior. In so doing, the chapters also provide an overview of important empirical and theoretical issues in this exciting branch of contemporary behavior analysis.
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Lattal, K.A., Perone, M. (1998). The Experimental Analysis of Human Operant Behavior. In: Lattal, K.A., Perone, M. (eds) Handbook of Research Methods in Human Operant Behavior. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1947-2_1
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