A BCBA supervisor needs some ABC data for an FBA that she is writing. She asks her new trainee, Max, to collect the data. Max does not tell his supervisor that he has never collected ABC data before, and does his best. The supervisor uses Max's data in her FBA report. Is there an ethical problem with this situation? Select one answer 

a) No, because it was a good way for Max to learn to collect ABC data, and because it was helpful to the supervisor. 

b) Yes, because the data may not be accurate due to Max's inexperience. The supervisor should have ensured that Max was experienced in collecting ABC data before assigning this task.

c) Yes, because the BACB supervisor should collect her own ABC data if she is going to use them in her FBA report. It is not acceptable to use data collected by someone else in an FBA report. 

d) No, because Max should have spoken up about his inexperience. It is not the supervisor's fault and she was not ethically wrong to assign him this task.

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The detailed answer for the above question is provided below b Yes because the data may not be accurate due to Maxs inexperience The supervisor should ... View the full answer