Table 8.

Task analysis used to generate BACB certificant databases from the BCBA/BCaBA Registry (BACB, 2019a)

1. Open a new file in the TextEdit application on the Apple Mac. 2. Click on “Format” in the top menu bar and select the “Make Plain Text” option (if it is not already selected). 3. Click on “Format” in the top menu bar and select the “Wrap to Window” option (if it is not already selected). 4. Resize the TextEdit window so it takes up half of the computer screen. 5. Open a new Google Chrome browser window. 6. Resize the Google Chrome browser window so it takes up the other half of the computer screen. 7. Go to www.bacb.com. 8. Click on the “Verify a Certificant” link. 9. Click on the “Find a BCBA” or the “Find RBT” link (depending on the database being compiled). 10. Under the “State (U.S. only)” header, select “Alabama” from the drop-down menu. 11. Click the “SEARCH” button. 12. When the pop-up box appears, click on the “I AGREE TO THESE TERMS” button. 13. Once the search results appear, right-click anywhere on the screen and select the “View Page Source” option. 14. After a new tab opens, press ⌘ and A to highlight all of the text. 15. Press ⌘ and C to copy all of the text. 16. Click on the TextEdit window and press ⌘ and V to paste all of the text from the browser window into the TextEdit window. 17. Close the tab in the Google Chrome browser with all of the code. NOTE: You do not need to go through each page. Just the first page. 18. Hit the back button on the browser to return to the registry. 19. Repeat Steps 11–19 to search through all 50 states. When pasting the content in the TextEdit file, just paste it directly where you last left off. 20. Once the text file is constructed, use the find and replace function in TextEdit to eliminate the HTML code in chunks. 21. Save the text file as a comma separated value (CSV) file. 22. Open the CSV file in Microsoft Excel and resave the document as an .xlsx file.