A Comparison of Probabilistic Unfolding Theories for Paired Comparisons Data /
Unfolding theory was created to describe and analyze preferential choice. In this book the author undertakes a thorough theoretical and empirical comparison of probabilistic unfolding models. The monograph opens with an introductory description of unfolding theory and a summary account of its probab...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1990.
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| Series: | Recent research in psychology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Unfolding theory was created to describe and analyze preferential choice. In this book the author undertakes a thorough theoretical and empirical comparison of probabilistic unfolding models. The monograph opens with an introductory description of unfolding theory and a summary account of its probabilistic varieties. Testable properties of probabilistic choice behavior, such as the well known stochastic transitivity conditions, are discussed or newly developed. The author presents a new algorithm to find maximum likelihood estimates of choice probabilities under these conditions, and a statistical test. The evaluation strategy is applied to data published in the literature and to data from two experiments designed to test the validity of probabilistic unfolding theories. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783642841729 (electronic bk.) 3642841724 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1431-7532 |