Table 3.

Barriers assessment content validity ratios and percentage of responses

Barrier	CVR	Domain Relevance			Measurement Appropriateness
		N	U	E	NA	SA	VA
Negative behaviors	0.85*	0	8	92	8	31	62
Instructional control (Escape and avoidance of instructional demands)	0.85*	0	8	92	8	31	62
Absent, weak, or impaired Mand repertoire	0.85*	0	8	92	23	15	62
Absent, weak, or impaired tact repertoire	0.69*	0	15	85	23	15	62
Absent, weak, or impaired motor imitation	0.85*	0	8	92	15	23	62
Absent, weak, or impaired echoic repertoire	0.54*	0	23	77	23	31	46
Absent, weak, or impaired visual perceptual and matching-to-sample	0.54*	0	23	77	23	15	62
Absent, weak, or impaired listener repertoire (e.g. LD, LRFFC)	0.85*	0	8	92	23	15	62
Absent, weak, or impaired intraverbal repertoire	0.38	0	31	69	23	15	62
Absent, weak, or impaired social skills	0.69*	0	15	85	8	31	62
Prompt dependent	0.69*	0	15	85	8	23	69
Scrolling responses	0.38	0	31	69	8	31	62
Impaired scanning skills	0.69*	0	15	85	8	23	69
Failure to make conditional discriminations (CDS)	0.69*	0	15	85	15	15	69
Failure to generalize	0.69*	0	15	85	15	15	69
Weak or atypical motivating operations (MOs)	0.69*	0	15	85	8	23	69
Response requirement weakens the MO	0.54*	0	23	77	8	23	69
Reinforcement dependent	0.69*	0	15	85	8	23	69
Self-stimulation	0.69*	0	15	85	8	25	67
Articulation problems	0.08	0	46	54	0	31	69
Obsessive–compulsive behavior	0.23	0	38	62	8	31	62
Hyperactive behavior	0.23	0	38	62	8	23	69
Failure to make eye contact, or attend to people	0.38	0	31	69	8	31	62
Sensory defensiveness	0.54*	0	23	77	8	23	69

CVR content validity ratio; “E” = Essential; “U” = Useful, but Not Essential; “N” = Not necessary; “VA” = Very Appropriate; “SA” = Somewhat appropriate; “NA” = Not appropriate

*Upper-tailed p < 0.05