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Celeration Line Analysis

Celeration line analysis is a single-case method that fits a trend line to the baseline phase, projects that line forward into the intervention phase, and judges effect by how many intervention data points fall on the improvement side of the projected trend. Built on Owen White's split-middle technique from precision teaching and codified for social-work practice by Bloom, Fischer, and Orme, it directly addresses a weakness of level-only comparisons: it asks whether the client improved beyond the trajectory the baseline was already on, and pairs the count with a simple binomial test for statistical decision-making.

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  1. Kazdin, A. E. (2011). Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195341881
  2. Bloom, M., Fischer, J., & Orme, J. G. (2009). Evaluating Practice: Guidelines for the Accountable Professional (6th ed.). Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 9780205458066

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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Celeration Line Analysis for Single-Case Trend Evaluation. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/social-work/celeration-line-analysis

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ScholarGateCeleration Line Analysis (Celeration Line Analysis for Single-Case Trend Evaluation). Retrieved 2026-06-24 from https://scholargate.app/en/social-work/celeration-line-analysis · Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20539026