To maximize its influence, applied behavior analysis must both create solutions and shape public policy to implement those solutions at scale. From the perspective of data-driven decision making, it is illogical to talk about seeking public policy influence without consulting evidence showing when influence has been achieved. One relevant form of evidence is the attention that behavioral solutions receive in published discussions about policy issues, and here I show how much of this attention has been earned by articles published in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. I also propose using the same kind of data to support finer grained analyses focusing on specific behavior problems, specific types of interventions, and the research programs of individual investigators. Although this is far from a complete account of the influence of applied behavior analysis on policy, it is better to have data than none if the goal is to transform the quest for influence on policy from a matter of speculation and casual discussion into an evidence-based practice.

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窥视其发生的房间：量化 ABA 对公共政策讨论的影响

为了最大限度地发挥其影响力，应用行为分析必须创建解决方案并制定公共政策以大规模实施这些解决方案。从数据驱动决策的角度来看，在没有查阅影响力何时实现的证据的情况下谈论寻求公共政策影响力是不合逻辑的。一种相关的证据是行为解决方案在已发表的有关政策问题的讨论中受到的关注，在这里我展示了《应用行为分析杂志》上发表的文章获得了多少关注。我还建议使用相同类型的数据来支持更细粒度的分析，重点关注特定的行为问题、特定类型的干预措施以及个别研究者的研究计划。尽管这远未完整地说明应用行为分析对政策的影响，但如果目标是将对政策影响的探索从猜测和随意讨论转变为证据，那么有数据总比没有好。基于实践。