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. 2006 Spring;39(1):79–90. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.146-04

Table 3. The Conditional Probabilities of Children's Responses to Different Types of Teacher Instructions (the Numbers in Parentheses Depict the Overall Number of Instances Recorded).

Conditional probability of: Given a directive “do” (940) Given a directive “don't” (7) Given an integral directive (373) Given a deficient directive (569) Given an embedded directive (5)
Compliance (646) 68% (642) 57% (4) 87% (323) 56% (318) 100% (5)
Noncompliance (301) 32% (298) 43% (3) 13% (50) 44% (251) 0% (0)
Problem behavior or active avoidance (15) 1% (12) 43% (3) 1% (3) 2% (12) 0% (0)