In science in general and, therefore, in the context of single-case experimental designs (SCED), the replication of the effects of the intervention within and across participants is crucial for establishing causality and also for assessing the generality of the intervention effect. Specific developments and proposals for assessing whether an effect has been replicated or not (or to what extent) are scarce, in the general context of behavioral sciences, and practically null in the SCED context. We propose an extension of the modified Brinley plot for assessing how many of the effects replicate. In order to make this assessment possible, a definition of replication is suggested, on the basis of expert judgment, rather than on purely statistical criteria. The definition of replication and its graphical representation are justified, presenting their strengths and limitations, and illustrated with real data. A user-friendly software is made available for obtaining automatically the graphical representation.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.