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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Res Pract Persons Severe Disabl. 2004 Jun;29(2):104–121. doi: 10.2511/rpsd.29.2.104

Table 2.

Sequential Analysis of Hypothesized Escape-Driven Coercive Process in Routines: I

Sequential analysis of steps in coercive sequence using Cycles logic Statistics Hypothesized escape-driven routines
Aggregate results
F2A F3A F4B F5A F5B F7B F8A F9A F9B
2-Steps: Given PTR, conditional probability of CPR within a cycle JNTF 322 84 33 64 235 170 17 230 201 1318
CONP .64 .80 .33 .45 .77 .78 .29 .43 .78 .60
ADJR 5.43 1.92 7.10 5.60 10.91 3.60 4.97 8.90 2.63 35.4
PVALUE <.001 <.06 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.01 <.001 <.001 <.01 < .001

3-Steps: Given PTR followed by CPR in a cycle, conditional probability of PW in the next cycle. JNTF 135 49 21 58 167 109 10 123 111 847
CONP .42 .58 .84 .92 .72 .65 .63 .54 .56 .62
ADJR −4.52 4.56 .69: −1.75 −3.69 −.24 −1.97: .90 .84 −10.58
PVALUE <.001− <.001+ .49+ .08− <.001− .81− .05− .37+ .40+ < .001−

4-Steps: Given PTR followed by CPR in the first cycle, conditional probability of PW followed by CAB in the next cycle. JNTF 22 20 8 35 16 12 3 30 23 169
CONP .07 .24 .32 .56 .07 .07 .19 .11 .12 .12
ADJR −5.87 −2.21 −2.08: −3.55 −10.98 −4.42 −4.53: −2.79 −2.2 −21.43
PVALUE <.001− <.05− <.05− <.001− <.001− <.001− <.001− <.01− <.05− < .001−

Note. PTR = Parent Trigger (Demand); CPR = Child Problem Response; PW = Parent Withdraws Demand; CAB = Child Acceptable/Appropriate Behavior. JNTF = Observed Joint/Lagged Frequencies; CONP = Conditional Probability; ADJR = Adjusted Residual; PVALUE = Probability Value. F2A = Family 2 snack routine; F3A = Family 3 homework routine; F4B = Family 4 structured play routine; F5A = Family 5 dinner routine; F5B = Family 5 table games routine; F7B = Family 7 dinner routine; F8A = Family 8 lunch routine; F9A = Family 9 structured play routine; F9B = Family 9 reading routine. : = Adjusted residuals approximate conditions of normal distribution.