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	Disegno ABA Pragmatico	Progettazione ABAB
Campo	Disegno sperimentale	Disegno sperimentale
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1968 (ABA base); pragmatic adaptation in applied behavioral research from 1970s onward	1960s (Sidman 1960; Baer et al. 1968)
Ideatore	ABA reversal design: Baer, Wolf & Risley (1968); pragmatic orientation: Schwartz & Lellouch (1967)	Murray Sidman; Baer, Wolf & Risley (applied behavior analysis formalization)
Tipo	Single-subject experimental design with pragmatic orientation	Single-subject experimental design
Fonte seminale	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.	Sidman, M. (1960). Tactics of Scientific Research: Evaluating Experimental Data in Psychology. Basic Books.
Alias	pragmatic reversal design, naturalistic ABA design, real-world ABA reversal design, pragmatic withdrawal design	reversal design, withdrawal design, ABAB reversal, operant reversal design
Correlati	6	4
Sintesi	The Pragmatic ABA Design is a single-subject reversal experiment conducted under real-world, naturalistic conditions rather than tightly controlled laboratory settings. It follows the classic baseline (A1) — intervention (B) — withdrawal/return-to-baseline (A2) sequence while deliberately relaxing control conditions to reflect authentic practice environments. This approach prioritizes external validity and clinical utility, making findings directly applicable to schools, clinics, and community settings.	The ABAB design is a single-subject experimental methodology that establishes causal control by repeatedly introducing and removing an intervention. A baseline phase (A) is followed by an intervention phase (B), then a return to baseline (A), and a second intervention phase (B), allowing the researcher to demonstrate that observed behavior changes are produced by the intervention rather than by coincidental factors.