Table 2.
Contemporary Research Practices
| n* | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of Conducting Research Reviews | ||
| Less than once per month | 16 | 8.9 |
| 1–3 times per month | 60 | 33.3 |
| 1–6 times per week | 69 | 38.3 |
| Once per day or more often | 18 | 10.0 |
| Never | 2 | 1.1 |
| Conditions Prompting Review of Research** | ||
| General interest on a specific intervention or practice | 118 | 65.6 |
| Find research recently heard about | 110 | 61.1 |
| Supervision of BCBA or BCaBA trainees | 93 | 51.7 |
| Behavior change program not working | 92 | 51.1 |
| Staff training | 90 | 50.0 |
| Teaching | 84 | 46.7 |
| New or unfamiliar circumstances | 81 | 45.0 |
| New or unfamiliar target behavior | 81 | 45.0 |
| Manuscript development | 77 | 42.8 |
| Conducting research | 76 | 42.2 |
| General interest in research on a specific target behavior | 68 | 37.8 |
| Paper-Based Sources** | ||
| Textbooks | 105 | 58.3 |
| Printed research articles | 68 | 37.7 |
| Academic journals | 67 | 37.2 |
| Other books/manuals | 59 | 32.8 |
| Conference or workshop handouts | 49 | 27.2 |
| I do not use paper-based research resources | 35 | 19.4 |
| Class notes | 18 | 10.0 |
| On-Line Resources** | ||
| Academic web search | 131 | 72.7 |
| Research available through a university library | 118 | 65.6 |
| Research available through BACB | 118 | 65.6 |
| PubMed Central/NIH resources | 85 | 47.2 |
| Research Gate | 80 | 44.4 |
| Journal publisher’s website | 72 | 40.0 |
| Social media links | 55 | 30.6 |
| APA PsycArticles/APA PsycINFO subscription | 54 | 30.0 |
| Research available through personal work setting | 52 | 28.9 |
| Journals with a personal subscription | 51 | 28.3 |
| University-Based Database used for Research Review* | ||
| General search feature uses all databases | 57 | 31.7 |
| APA PsycINFO | 38 | 21.1 |
Academic web searches include sources such as Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic. Research available through BACB includes journals such as JABA (Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis) and JEAB (Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior). NIH resources include the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the National Library of Medicine, and NIH.gov. BCBA = board certified behavior analyst; BCaBA = board certified assistant behavior analyst; BACB = Behavior Analyst Certification Board; NIH = National Institutes of Health; APA = American Psychological Association
*n = 180
**Responses allowed for more than one selection