Toward a Statistical Theory of Learning.

Estes, William K.

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ERIC Number: EJ492269

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Publication Date: 1994

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Toward a Statistical Theory of Learning.

Estes, William K.

Psychological Review, v101 n2 p282-89 Apr 1994

This essay introduces a series of studies developing a statistical theory of elementary learning processes. An attempt is made to derive relations among commonly used measures of behavior and quantitative expressions describing simple learning phenomena. Laws of the theory state probability relations between momentary changes in behavioral and environmental variables. (SLD)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Change, Conditioning, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences, Experimental Psychology, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Probability, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: This 100th anniversary issue features reprints of significant articles from the past with commentaries. Reprint of an article originally published in 1950. For related document, see TM 518 237.