Historical project
Formative Grapher
This project came out of my master's thesis work. It still largely works a decade later, but it is no longer maintained.
Download
Version 1.11 remains available as the last published release of the Excel template.
Cite
APA Style
If you found Formative Grapher helpful for producing plots for publication, please consider citing the journal article or software below.
- Journal Article: Cole, D. M., & Witts, B. N. (2015). Formative graphing with a Microsoft Excel 2013 template. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 15, 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000021
- Software: Cole, D. M. (2017). Formative Grapher (Version 1.11) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18860.67208
- Video Tutorial: Cole, D. M. (observechange.org). (2017, February 20). Getting started with Formative Grapher [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsQ88-LT5o
Recent Citations
- Kranak, M. P., Shapiro, M. N., Sawyer, M. R., Deochand, N., & Neef, N. A. (2019). Using behavioral skills training to improve graduate students' graphing skills. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bar0000131
- Berkman, S. J., Roscoe, E. M., & Bourret, J. C. (2018). Comparing self-directed methods for training staff to create graphs using Graphpad Prism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(1), 188-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.522
- Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Fisher, W. W., & Cohrs, V. L. (2018). Teaching behavior technicians to create publication-quality, single-case design graphs in Graphpad Prism 7. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51(4), 998-1010. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.483
- Morris, C. A., Deochand, N., & Peterson, S. M. (2018). Using Microsoft Excel to Build a Customized Partial-Interval Data Collection System. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 11(4), 504-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0259-3
- Runge, T. J., Bennyhoff, C. F., Ferchalk, M. R., & McCrea, A. E. (2017). The Role of Measurement Interval in Rate of Improvement Calculation. School Psychology Forum, 11(3), 77-90. http://www.nasponline.org/...
- Deochand, N. (2017). Automating phase change lines and their labels using Microsoft Excel. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10(3), 279-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-016-0169-1
- Tyner, B. C. (2016). The effects of descriptions and images of antecedent stimuli and outcomes to correct responses in task analysis instruction. City University of New York. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1631
- Deochand, N., Costello, M. S., & Fuqua, R. W. (2016). Chart goals for behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 17(1), 10-13. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000065
About
A free application for graphing time-series data in Microsoft Excel 2010 and later, Formative Grapher is designed for consistency with APA Style.
Automated Features
Breaks in data paths
Condition labels & lines
Criterion lines
Date-session conversion
Figure captions
Floating y axes
1-click cumulative scales
1-click logarithmic scales
Scale breaks
Tier-stacking & doglegs
Tutorials
A beginner tutorial was published for the project and remains available on YouTube.
If the embed does not load, you can also watch it directly on YouTube.