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Likelihood Methods for Testing Group Problem Solving Models with Censored Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Ronald R. Regal  and
Kinley Larntz
Ronald R. Regal
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Kinley Larntz*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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Abstract

Problem solving models relating individual and group solution times under time limit censoring are presented. Maximum likelihood estimates of parameters of the resulting censored distributions are derived and goodness of fit tests for the individual-group models are constructed. The methods are illustrated on data previously analyzed by Restle and Davis.

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maximum likelihoodgoodness of fit tests

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Psychometrika , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 353 - 366
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Copyright © 1978 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

Ronald R. Regal is now at the Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York. This research was supported by grants from the Graduate School, University of Minnesota. Also, work of the second author was aided by a Single Quarter Leave granted by the Regents of the University of Minnesota.

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