When customizing a skill acquisition program for a client, there are several ways to collect data. The following resource will describe each data collection type further and a description of how data would be collected on the mobile-app (typically used in real time with clients) or website (data entry tab).
Opportunity Based
Opportunity based data collection types can be used with or without prompts
Without prompts would provide the staff with a + or –
With prompts would provide the staff with an abbreviation corresponding to the prompt (e.g., V for Visual)
Symbols or abbreviations display on both the website and mobile-app
Mastery criteria requires identifying a minimum amount of trials for the target to count towards mastery criteria
Targets needing opportunity based data collection are added
Task Analysis
When selecting task analysis, you can choose Forward Chain, Backward Chain, or Total task
This data collection type can also be with or without prompts (each step would have a symbol/letter)
Mastery criteria requires a percentage of steps to be correct
Teaching steps need to be added for data collection
If using forward or backward chain, only the appropriate step will display until mastery criteria is met, then the next step will open for data collection
An N/A option is available when collecting data on a Task Analysis for step unavailable during opportunities
When collecting data (on website or mobile app) multiple opportunities of the task can be added
Task Analysis data collection cannot be used with a Goals and Objectives program (will automatically change to Goal Only)
Duration
Select the minimum amount of duration for targets to meet mastery criteria
Targets needing duration data are added to the program
When collecting data for this program on the website (in data entry), a total amount of minutes for the target are entered with an observation length identified
When collecting data in the mobile app, a toggle option is used to identify the duration of a target (automatically keeps time) for instance
Frequency
Setting mastery criteria requires a minimum amount of occurrences for each target
Targets are added for frequency data collection
When collecting data on the website (in data entry), a total number of occurrences with the total time of observation can be added
When collecting data on the mobile app, a + button is available for staff to add an occurrence for each target
Interval
Interval based recording allows for Partial Interval, Whole Interval, and Momentary Time Sampling (MTS)
Set the interval length by seconds, minutes, or hours
Mastery Criteria is set to a minimum % of intervals with the behavior occurring
Add targets needed interval based recording
On the website (in data entry), a total percentage of intervals is recorded with the total length of observation
When collecting data on the mobile-app, the interval of time automatically counts down for the staff. When recording data:
Partial interval will have an occurred button to identify when the behavior occurred
Whole interval will have a toggle button (toggle on/toggle off for each instance)
MTS has a visual prompt that appears on the screen for data collection
All % calculations are automatically computed after syncing data
