השוואת שיטות

	עיצוב ABAB פיילוט	תכנון מרובה קווי בסיס
תחום	תכנון ניסויים	תכנון ניסויים
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1960s (ABAB base); pilot application codified c. 2000s	1968
הוגה השיטה	Derived from ABAB reversal design (Sidman, 1960); pilot framing formalized in behavioral intervention feasibility literature (late 20th–early 21st century)	Donald M. Baer, Montrose M. Wolf, Todd R. Risley
סוג	Single-subject experimental feasibility design	Single-subject experimental design
מקור מכונן	Byiers, B. J., Reichle, J., & Symons, F. J. (2012). Single-subject experimental design for evidence-based practice. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(4), 397–414.	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.
כינויים	pilot reversal design, feasibility ABAB design, pilot withdrawal design, pilot single-subject reversal	MBD, multiple-baseline single-case design, staggered baseline design, multiple-probe design
קשורות	6	4
תקציר	A Pilot ABAB design is a small-scale feasibility trial of the ABAB reversal design, conducted with one or a few participants to test whether an intervention produces reliable behavior change under alternating baseline and treatment conditions before committing resources to a larger study. It combines the internal-validity logic of the ABAB reversal with the limited scope and preliminary aims of a pilot investigation.	The multiple baseline design is a single-subject experimental design that demonstrates functional control by introducing an intervention at staggered time points across two or more baselines — typically across different behaviors, individuals, or settings. Because no withdrawal of treatment is required, it is especially suitable when the target behavior is irreversible or when removing an effective intervention would be unethical.