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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Behav Anal. 2025 Apr 11;58(2):270–286. doi: 10.1002/jaba.70006

TABLE 3.

Number of consecutive controlled case series (CCCS) studies reporting on variables that characterized the sample well.

Element 5 features (n = 76) Number of studies (%)

Setting location 75 (98.68%)
 Outpatient clinic 53 (69.74%)
 Inpatient setting 22 (28.95%)
 School 9 (11.84%)
 Home 6 (7.89%)
 Clinic, unspecified 1 (1.32%)
 Unspecified 1 (1.32%)
Autism spectrum disorder 64 (84.21%)
Age 63 (82.89%)
Gender 60 (78.95%)
Intellectual or developmental disability 50 (65.79%)
Medical or genetic diagnoses 38 (50%)
Psychiatric diagnoses 37 (48.68%)
Safety measures 26 (34.21%)
Communication skills 22 (28.95%)
Race and ethnicity 20 (26.32%)
Language 3 (3.95%)
Socioeconomic status 2 (2.63%)
Education 1 (1.32%)
Test scores 1 (1.32%)