Confronta i metodi

	Disegno AB Pragmatico	Disegno a Baseline Multiple
Campo	Disegno sperimentale	Disegno sperimentale
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1968 (AB single-case design); pragmatic framing formalized ~2000s–2010s	1968
Ideatore	Rooted in applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, Risley, 1968); pragmatic framing developed across clinical and educational single-case research traditions	Donald M. Baer, Montrose M. Wolf, Todd R. Risley
Tipo	Single-case experimental design	Single-subject experimental design
Fonte seminale	Kazdin, A. E. (2011). Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195341881	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.
Alias	pragmatic single-case AB design, real-world AB design, AB phase design, naturalistic AB design	MBD, multiple-baseline single-case design, staggered baseline design, multiple-probe design
Correlati	4	4
Sintesi	The Pragmatic AB Design is a single-case experimental design that collects repeated measurements of one individual or unit across two consecutive phases: a baseline phase (A) with no intervention, followed by an intervention phase (B). Deployed in real-world, clinically feasible conditions rather than tightly controlled laboratory settings, it is widely used in behavioral health, rehabilitation, education, and applied psychology to generate actionable evidence about individual-level treatment effects.	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.