Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations?
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Ariely, D
Published in: Perception & psychophysics
October 2008
Myczek and Simons (2008) have described a computational model that subsamples a few items from a set with high accuracy, showing that this approach can do as well as, or better than, a model that captures statistical representations of the set. Although this is an intriguing existence proof, some caution should be taken before we consider their approach as a model for human behavior. In particular, I propose that such simulation-based research should be based on a more expanded range of phenomena and that it should include more accurate representations of errors in judgments.
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Perception & psychophysics
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1532-5962
ISSN
0031-5117
Publication Date
October 2008
Volume
70
Issue
7
Start / End Page
1325 / 1326
Related Subject Headings
- Psychology
- Judgment
- Humans
- Experimental Psychology
- Computer Simulation
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5202 Biological psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
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Ariely, D. (2008). Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations? Perception & Psychophysics, 70(7), 1325–1326. https://doi.org/10.3758/pp.70.7.1325
Ariely, Dan. “Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations?” Perception & Psychophysics 70, no. 7 (October 2008): 1325–26. https://doi.org/10.3758/pp.70.7.1325.
Ariely D. Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations? Perception & psychophysics. 2008 Oct;70(7):1325–6.
Ariely, Dan. “Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations?” Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 70, no. 7, Oct. 2008, pp. 1325–26. Epmc, doi:10.3758/pp.70.7.1325.
Ariely D. Better than average? When can we say that subsampling of items is better than statistical summary representations? Perception & psychophysics. 2008 Oct;70(7):1325–1326.
Published In
Perception & psychophysics
DOI
EISSN
1532-5962
ISSN
0031-5117
Publication Date
October 2008
Volume
70
Issue
7
Start / End Page
1325 / 1326
Related Subject Headings
- Psychology
- Judgment
- Humans
- Experimental Psychology
- Computer Simulation
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5202 Biological psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology