Data Sets in Organizational Behavior Management:

In addition to primary empirical outcome data (which index target behaviors or their products), cost-benefit data, social validity data, and intervention integrity data may be useful in evaluating interventions used in organizational settings. This paper discusses how these different data sets are usually measured and their possible importance. It also reports how often each of these data sets was reported in research articles conducted in actual organizational settings and published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management from volumes 7 (1985/86) through 12 (1992). Costly data, which assess consumer satisfaction, were presented in 8 of 23 articles (35%). Intervention integrity data, which demonstrate that an intervention actually was implemented as described, were presented in 3 of 23 articles (13%). These values are similar to those reported in prior surveys, which evaluated articles published earlier. It is conducted that cost-benefit and intervention integrity data are often, but not always, valuable additions to organizational behavior analysis studies. Social validity data may be as well, although these data must be interpreted with caution.