Comparer des méthodes

	Conception pilote AB	Plan expérimental à sujet unique
Domaine	Plans d'expériences	Plans d'expériences
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1960s (AB design); pilot framing formalized in practice by 1980s–1990s	1960s (Sidman 1960; formal applied codification by Kazdin and Baer in 1970s–1980s)
Auteur d'origine	Murray Sidman; Baer, Wolf & Risley (AB logic); pilot application emergent from single-subject research practice	Murray Sidman (foundational tactics); B. F. Skinner (applied behavior analysis lineage)
Type	Single-subject pilot experimental design	Experimental research design
Source fondatrice	Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91-97.	Kazdin, A. E. (1982). Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195030440
Alias	pilot AB phase design, preliminary AB design, exploratory AB single-case design, feasibility AB design	SSED, single-case experimental design, n-of-1 design, intrasubject replication design
Apparentées	6	6
Résumé	A pilot AB design applies the two-phase baseline-then-intervention structure of the AB single-subject design in an explicitly exploratory or feasibility mode — before committing to a more rigorous reversal or multiple-baseline study. The researcher collects repeated baseline (A) and intervention (B) data from one or a few individuals primarily to test measurement procedures, estimate effect size, verify data stability, and determine whether a stronger single-case design is warranted and feasible.	Single-subject experimental design (SSED) establishes experimental control by repeatedly measuring one individual (or a small number of individuals) across baseline and intervention phases, using the participant as their own control. Instead of comparing groups, it compares the participant's own behavior across conditions over time. Widely used in applied behavior analysis, special education, rehabilitation, and clinical psychology, SSED allows causal inference from small or unique samples where group designs are impractical.