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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Apr;44(4):937–947. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1949-x

Table 4.

Summary of observed measures of change for participant A: mean levels and C-statistics

Participant A Changes phase A to phase B
Changes phase A to phase A’
Target behaviors Phase A Phase B Change? C-statistic
Phase A Phase A’ Change? C-statistic
M (SD) M (SD) Z score SIG M (SD) M (SD) Z score SIG
Tenses/clenches facial muscles
 Riding 14.13 (11.41) 22.13 (12.30) Worse 0.86 ns 14.13 (11.41) 15.38 (7.91) Worse 1.33 ns
 Home 10.25 (4.73) 6.50 (5.05) Better 0.94 ns 10.25 (4.73) 6.66 (4.27) Better 0.82 ns
 Community 5.58 (3.70) 3.08 (3.20) Better −1.32 ns 5.58 (3.70) 5.08 (5.87) Better −1.71 Sig
Snaps fingers
 Riding 32.50 (20.71) 54.38 (40.63) Worse 1.57 ns 32.50 (20.71) 33.00 (28.96) Worse 0.86 ns
 Home 10.50 (4.48) 8.50 (4.40) Better 0.28 ns 10.50 (4.48) 8.25 (4.07) Better 1.27 ns
 Community 5.67 (3.73) 3.33 (3.22) Better −1.82 Sig 5.67 (3.73) 6.17 (6.51) Worse −1.76 Sig
Spontaneous verbal communication of wants/needs; any number of words
 Riding 5.13 (4.70) 22.25 (10.41) Better 3.36 Sig 5.13 (4.70) 47.13 (30.59) Better 1.48 ns
 Home 12.75 (9.20) 14.25 (9.70) Better 0.76 ns 12.75 (9.20) 21.58 (9.69) Better 2.10 Sig
 Community 5.92 (3.92) 8.50 (6.57) Better 0.32 ns 5.92 (3.92) 10.67 (7.80) Better −1.05 ns

Phase A = Baseline; Phase B = Intervention; Phase A’ = Withdrawal; SIG = significance; Sig = significant; ns = not significant; Italicized = data were autocorrelated