The Statistical Properties of the Survivor Interaction Contrast

Authors

Joseph W. Houpt, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow
J. T. TownsendFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

8-2010

Abstract

The Survivor Interaction Contrast (SIC) is a powerful tool for assessing the architecture and stopping rule of a model of mental processes (Townsend and Nozawa, 1995). Despite its demonstrated utility, the methodology has lacked a method for statistical testing until now. We will briefly describe the SIC then develop some basic statistical properties of the measure. These developments lead to a statistical test for rejecting certain classes of models based on the SIC. We verify these tests using simulated data, then demonstrate their use on data from a simple cognitive task.

Comments

Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Portland, OR.

Repository Citation

Houpt, J. W., & Townsend, J. T. (2010). The Statistical Properties of the Survivor Interaction Contrast. .
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/psychology/19