Deochand Neil
Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, 3700 Wood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2017 Jan 12;10(3):279-284. doi: 10.1007/s40617-016-0169-1. eCollection 2017 Sep.
Many researchers have rallied against drawn in graphical elements and offered ways to avoid them, especially regarding the insertion of phase change lines (Deochand, Costello, & Fuqua, 2015; Dubuque, 2015; Vanselow & Bourret, 2012). However, few have offered a solution to automating the phase labels, which are often utilized in behavior analytic graphical displays (Deochand et al., 2015). Despite the fact that Microsoft Excel® is extensively utilized by behavior analysts, solutions to resolve issues in our graphing practices are not always apparent or user-friendly. Considering the insertion of phase change lines and their labels constitute a repetitious and laborious endeavor, any minimization in the steps to accomplish these graphical elements could offer substantial time-savings to the field. The purpose of this report is to provide an updated way (and templates in the supplemental materials) to add phase change lines with their respective labels, which stay embedded to the graph when they are moved or updated.
许多研究人员反对在图形元素中绘制，并提供了避免这些元素的方法，特别是关于插入相变线（Deochand、Costello和Fuqua，2015年；Dubuque，2015年；Vanselow和Bourret，2012年）。然而，很少有人提供自动生成阶段标签的解决方案，而阶段标签在行为分析图形显示中经常被使用（Deochand等人，2015年）。尽管行为分析师广泛使用Microsoft Excel®，但解决我们绘图实践中问题的方案并不总是显而易见或用户友好的。考虑到插入相变线及其标签是一项重复且费力的工作，任何减少完成这些图形元素步骤的方法都可以为该领域节省大量时间。本报告的目的是提供一种更新的方法（以及补充材料中的模板）来添加带有各自标签的相变线，这些标签在移动或更新时会嵌入到图表中。
