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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Volume 11, 1995 - Issue 1
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Subject selection in AAC research: Decision points

D. Jeffery Higginbotham Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Jan Bedrosian Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Pages 11-13 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

In this concluding paper related to subject selection in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) research, four issues previously discussed are brought together: the representativeness/homogeneity of subjects, methodological design, external validity, and research economics. In light of these particular issues, a set of heuristics for making appropriate subject choices is provided.

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