Baer, Donald M.2005-09-012005-09-011990Baer, Donald M. Exploring the controlling conditions of importance. Behavior-Analyst. Fal 1990. 13 (2) : 183-186.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/616criteria for evaluating research in M. Sidman's "Tactics of Scientific Research", commentaryAs part of a series of commentaries on M. Sidman's (1960) book, Tactics of Scientific Research, this review suggests adding 2 additional criteria to Sidman's 5 criteria for evaluating the importance of research. These criteria are (1) identifying behaviors that need to be changed to reduce a complaint and to solve a problem and (2) establishing cost-benefit ratios between the complaint and the problem resolution.762162 bytesapplication/pdfen-USExperimentationScientific CommunicationMethodologyArticleopenAccess