Table 1. Summary Data for the Descriptive Assessment of Preferences.
| Participant |
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| Abe | Bo | Cathy | Dana | Ed | Fay | Gina | Han | Inga | Jan | |
| Total number of PAs | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| Number of baseline PAs | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Mean number of days between PAs | 9 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 25 | 9.7 | 11.4 |
| Range of days between PAs | 7–13 | 7–13 | 7–11 | 7–15 | 7–26 | 7–13 | 7–19 | 8–106 | 7–13 | 7–22 |
| Total number of days in assessment | 90 | 96 | 89 | 92 | 101 | 83 | 70 | 151 | 97 | 181 |
| Percentage of PAs with IOA | 63.6 | 81.8 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 66.7 | 70 | 50 | 50 | 63.6 | 68.8 |
| Mean IOA | 100 | 99.4 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 100 | 97.2 | 100 | 100 | 98.4 | 99.5 |
| Lowest IOA score | 94.4 | 94.4 | 94.4 | 94.4 | 88.9 | 94.4 | ||||
| Mean correlation between each PA and every other PA (stability measure) | .28 | .18 | .68 | .57 | .65 | .60 | .71 | .74 | .70 | .76 |
| Mean correlation between first and subsequent baseline PAs (predictive validity measure) | −.11 | .15 | .32 | .44 | .49 | .64 | .67 | .85 | .77 | .71 |
Note. The numbers in bold face represent mean correlation coefficients that exceeded a critical r value. PA = preference assessment; IOA = interobserver agreement.