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Classical and Bayesian Inference in Certain Latency Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Gordon G. Bechtel
Gordon G. Bechtel*
Affiliation:
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon
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Abstract

Certain aspects of point estimation are treated for two kinds of exponential latency processes. The first unitary process is represented by a simple exponential density in which the rate parameter may be viewed as an unknown constant or as a random variable. If a second, slower exponential process is grafted onto the first, there results a postulated two-component latency between stimulus and response. Moments estimators are derived for the two parameters of this latter density, and the relevance of the second parameter to decision time is emphasized.

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Psychometrika , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 1966 , pp. 491 - 504
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Copyright © 1966 Psychometric Society

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This research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant MH-04439-05. The author would like to express his appreciation to James Baker of Oregon Research Institute for certain helpful comments concerning aspects of this work.

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