Chapter 13, 14: Single-Subject and Quasi Experiments

The readings were a lot easier to comprehend as compared to the previous assignment. Mapping time-lag effects seems to have many different ways of mapping out the function and parameter of the subjects. I was wondering if there was a way of choosing the best combination of function and parameter(s) in cross-sectional longitudinal studies? Or, maybe, a set of guidelines that may aide us in determining which may be better in certain situations.