There are three ways you can conduct a preference assessment.

Ask the person:
1. rank-ordering
2. choice format
3. open ended questions

Observe the person:
1. contrived free operant
2. naturalistic free operantTrial Based Methods
1. single stimulus
2. paired stimuli
3. multiple stimuli with and without replacement

Trial Based Methods
1. single stimulus
2. multiple stimuli
– with replacement
– without replacement
3. paired stimuli

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