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Nelson, Gary L. – 1977
Major problem areas in evaluating token economies for psychiatric inpatients are identified and discussed. Three categories of methodological deficiencies frequently encountered in the token economy literature are described: (1) inadequate specification of treatment procedures; (2) insufficient or inadequately described dependent measures; and (3)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Environment
