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Direct linkGriffiths, Thomas L.; Lewandowsky, Stephan; Kalish, Michael L. – Cognitive Science, 2013
Information changes as it is passed from person to person, with this process of cultural transmission allowing the minds of individuals to shape the information that they transmit. We present mathematical models of cultural transmission which predict that the amount of information passed from person to person should affect the rate at which that…
Descriptors: Culture, Information Dissemination, Mathematical Models, Prediction
PDF pending restorationMorgan, George – 1979
This study developed a two-parameter linear probabilistic model of criterion referenced measurement, which relates an examinee's observed ability to his true ability through a guessing parameter and a carelessness parameter, both of which are probabilities. This model was applied to a survey of 10- and 14-year-old Australian students to estimate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
