Model discrimination through adaptive experimentation

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Cavagnaro, Daniel R ^a   Pitt, Mark A ^a   Myung, Jay I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Adaptive testing; Experimental design; Model discrimination; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79951853294     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0030-4     Document Type: Article

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