Journal article
Comparing different models and response transformations in an information integration task
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, Vol.7(1), pp.78-80
1976
DOI: 10.3758/BF03337128
Abstract
The role of response transformations was examined in an information integration task in which different models were supported for different response scales. In Experiment 1, one group of subjects made subjective estimates of cost in dollars (cost estimates) for a series of hypothetical trips described by varying levels of gasoline price, gas mileage, and distance and another group of subjects made comparative ratings of the relative expense of each trip. A multiplicative model was supported for the cost estimates and an additive model was supported for the comparative ratings. In Experiment 2, a single group of subjects made cost estimates and then were asked, in the absence of stimulus values, to convert these judgments to comparative ratings. A multiplicative model was supported for each response mode, indicating a linear response transformation. It was concluded that the different response patterns in Experiment 1 were due to different integration processes for different response requirements rather than a nonlinear response transformation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparing different models and response transformations in an information integration task
- Creators
- Irwin P. Levin - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, Vol.7(1), pp.78-80
- DOI
- 10.3758/BF03337128
- ISSN
- 0090-5054
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1976
- Academic Unit
- Marketing; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984963198802771