ERIC Number: EJ953541
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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The Law of Categorical Judgment (Corrected) Extended: A Note on Rosner and Kochanski (2009)
Klauer, Karl Christoph; Kellen, David
Psychological Review, v119 n1 p216-220 Jan 2012
Rosner and Kochanski (2009) noticed an inconsistency in the mathematical statement of the Law of Categorical Judgment and derived "the valid equation, the Law of Categorical Judgment (Corrected)" (p. 125). The purpose of this comment is to point out that the law can be corrected in many different ways, leading to substantially different equations. The different versions have different consequences for the predicted distributions of the responses and, hence, for fitting real data. Some of these consequences are unexpected and sometimes undesirable. Researchers should be aware of the different possibilities as they may lead to pronouncedly different accounts of given data. (Contains 4 footnotes, 1 table, and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Test Items, Goodness of Fit, Mathematics Education, Models, Data Analysis, Equations (Mathematics), Researchers, Thinking Skills, Theories, Psychology, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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