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A Commentary on Critchfield and Reed: The Fuzzy Concept of Applied Behavior Analysis Research

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  1. I am using the same convention that Critchfield and Reed (2017) used in referring to the Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) article as BWR.

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Axelrod, S. A Commentary on Critchfield and Reed: The Fuzzy Concept of Applied Behavior Analysis Research. BEHAV ANALYST 40, 167–171 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0117-6

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