SSD for R: An R Package for Analyzing Single-Subject Data, Edition 2

Charles Auerbach · Wendy Zeitlin

Oct 2021 · Oxford University Press

About this ebook

Single-subject research designs have been used to build evidence to the effective treatment of problems across various disciplines including social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, allied health fields, juvenile justice, and special education. SSD for R serves as a guide for those desiring to conduct single-subject data analysis and introduces readers to the various functions available in SSD for R, a new, free, and innovative software package written in R--the open-source statistical programming language that was written by the book's authors. This second edition of SSD for R is the most comprehensive guide to the numerous graphing and charting functions for conducting robust visual analysis including line graphs and more complex standard deviation lines. This book also contains numerous tests of statistical significance, such as t-tests, chi-squares, and the conservative dual criteria. Auerbach and Zeitlin guide readers through the analytical process based on the characteristics of their data. In addition to presentations and assignments, this new edition contains more examples and illustrations to help readers understand the wide range of functions available in SSD for R and their application to data analysis and interpretation. SSD for R is the only book of its kind to describe single-subject data analysis while providing free statistical software to do so. For more instructional videos, blogs, and a growing community of researchers interested in single-subject designs, visit the authors' website: http://ssdanalysis.com.

About the author

Charles Auerbach, PhD, LCSW is Professor of Social Work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. He was a visiting professor of emergency medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 2005 to 2007. He is currently the chair of research at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He is a known methodologist and statistician and Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research. Wendy Zeitlin, MSW, PhD is Research Chair in Montclair State's MSW program. She teaches courses in research methods, practice-based research, and diversity. She has held academic appointments at Yeshiva University and Montclair State University. Dr. Zeitlin's scholarly interests focus on research and statistical methods, social work pedagogy, child welfare involvement among parents with disabilities, and child wellbeing.