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. 1995 Spring;28(1):95–96. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-95

Comparing choice and questionnaire measures of the acceptability of a staff training procedure

Dennis H Reid 1,2, Marsha B Parsons 1,2
PMCID: PMC1279795  PMID: 16795858

Abstract

We compared questionnaire and choice measures of acceptability while evaluating effects of staff familiarity versus unfamiliarity with the system used to monitor performance during a training program. Staff members rated both monitoring formats equally favorably on the questionnaire, whereas when given a choice, they frequently chose the familiar format and never chose the unfamiliar format. These results suggest that traditional questionnaire evaluations may not be sufficiently sensitive measures of acceptability relative to choice measures.

Keywords: acceptability, choice, staff training, organizational behavior management, questionnaires

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