BACB BCABA Exam - Topic 2 Question 118 Discussion

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Question #: 118
Topic #: 2

During the hour immediately following meals, Bill asks for more food. Data are collected only during this hour after each meal. Which method of data collection would be MOST accurate?

Aduration recording

Bfrequency recording

Cnarrative recording

Dpartial-interval recording

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Suggested Answer: B

by Lizbeth at Oct 31, 2025, 01:13 PM

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Vallie

27 days ago

D might miss some requests. Better to count them directly.

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Lashawna

2 months ago

C is too detailed. We need something simpler.

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Sarina

2 months ago

A could work too. Duration tells us how long he asks.

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Enola

2 months ago

Not sure if any of these will capture Bill's true hunger!

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Elroy

2 months ago

Duration recording might miss the quick requests.

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Xuan

2 months ago

Wait, why not just use narrative recording? Seems easier!

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Frankie

2 months ago

I disagree, partial-interval recording could work too.

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Dana

3 months ago

I think frequency recording makes the most sense here.

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Alease

3 months ago

Haha, Bill must really love his food! Duration recording is the way to go, no doubt about it.

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Alona

3 months ago

Partial-interval recording might miss some of the details we need. I'd go with duration or frequency.

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Yolando

3 months ago

Narrative recording could provide valuable context, but I'm not sure it would be the most accurate.

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Bernadine

3 months ago

Partial-interval recording seems tricky here; I wonder if it would miss some of the requests if they happen quickly.

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Zoila

3 months ago

I feel like narrative recording could give a detailed account of Bill's behavior, but it might not be as precise for just counting requests.

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Francisca

4 months ago

I think duration recording would be the most accurate method to capture Bill's behavior after meals.

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Reuben

4 months ago

I think B is best. Frequency shows how often he asks.

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Aron

4 months ago

I think duration recording might be more accurate since it captures how long Bill is asking for food, but I’m not completely confident.

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Elouise

4 months ago

Frequency recording seems like the way to go here. It'll give us a clear count of how often Bill asks for more food.

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Vincenza

4 months ago

Frequency recording is the way to go. We need to know exactly how many times Bill is asking for more food.

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Anabel

5 months ago

I remember we discussed frequency recording in class, but I'm not sure if it's the best for measuring how often Bill asks for food right after meals.

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Page

5 months ago

I'm leaning towards frequency recording too. It's the most straightforward way to capture the information we need about how many times he's asking for more food.

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Mendy

5 months ago

Partial-interval recording doesn't seem quite right for this. We want to know the full number of requests, not just whether he was asking at specific points in time.

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Leah

5 months ago

Narrative recording seems like it could get too detailed and subjective. We just need the raw data on how often he's asking, so I'd probably go with frequency.

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Miesha

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm not sure. Duration recording might also work, since we could time how long he spends asking for more food. But frequency might be better to get the full picture.

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Karima

6 months ago

I think I'd go with frequency recording for this one. Counting how many times Bill asks for more food during that hour seems like the most direct way to measure it.

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