title: Time-window sequential analysis: an introduction for pediatric psychologists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pediatric psychologists are often interested in interactions among individuals (e.g., doctors and patients, parents and children). Most research examining the nature of these interactions has used correlational analyses. Sequential analysis provides greater detail on contingencies during interactions and the way that interactions play out over time. The purpose of this article is to offer a non-technical introduction to sequential analyses for pediatric psychologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A more recent derivation of the basic method, called time-window sequential analysis, is introduced and distinguished from other forms of sequential analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A step-by-step pediatric psychology example of time-window sequential analysis is provided and the integration of sequential analysis with traditional statistical methods is discussed. An example of physician-child interaction during anesthesia induction is used to illustrate the technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sequential analysis is a technique that is useful to pediatric psychologists who are interested in contingencies among data collected over time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Dalhousie University. jill.chorney@dal.ca
authors.forename: Jill MacLaren
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chorney
authors.forename: Abbe Marrs
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Kristoffer S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bakeman
authors.forename: Zeev N
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Kain
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012963:Sociometric Techniques; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
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