Course Overview:  This Academic Researcher role-specific course builds on the Foundations course in our AI Literacy Series for ABA Professionals. This self-paced program is designed for faculty, doctoral researchers, and scholars advancing the science of behavior analysis. Topics focus on practical, ethical AI use in research design, data analysis, grant writing, academic publishing, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critically vetting AI tools for validity, reliability, and alignment with behavior-analytic principles.

Instructor: David J. Cox, PhD, MSB, BCBA-D

Duration: Approximately 35 minutes in total across three domains: Understanding and Evaluating AI Models, Designing and Conducting AI-Integrated Research & Teaching and Advancing AI-Literate Science.

What's included:

• Explore ways AI could support research design, data analysis, and dissemination while maintaining methodological rigor.

• Review AI outputs with attention to validity, reliability, and alignment with behavior-analytic principles.

• Consider how AI might be used to advance scientific discovery while preserving data integrity and ethical standards.

One-half (0.5) ethics BACB® Learning CEUs are included upon course completion. 

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