Applied behavior analysis Analyzing Behavior Data collection
Frequency is how often a behavior happens. So frequency recording just counts the number of times a behavior happens. Every time a behavior happens it is recorded by the observer. Frequency data is easy to collect so it is used a lot. Behavior analysts use frequency data to determine rate of response. Rate of response is the number of responses for a specific time period. To find rate of response, the frequency is divided by the total time of the observation. For example if the target behavior happened 100 times in 10 hours the rate of response would be 10 times per hour. Rate of response is the best measure of how often behavior happens.