The advantages of model fitting compared to model simulation in research on preference construction

Mathematical analysis of the impact of transmission-blocking drugs on the population dynamics of malaria

“…Model fitting involves parameter estimation, that is, identification of the parameter values that best account for an existing set of data, and then fit the solution curves of the state variables in the model. It also provides statistical tests for parameters [23]. In this section, we present curve fitting and provide parameters estimations by fitting data into the model given in (1).…”

Extending multinomial processing tree models to measure the relative speed of cognitive processes

“…Multinomial processing tree models (MPT models; Batchelder & Riefer, 1990) provide such a means by modeling observed, categorical responses as originating from a finite number of discrete, latent processing paths. MPT models have been successfully used to explain behavior in many areas such as memory (Batchelder & Riefer, 1986, 1990, decision making (Erdfelder, Castela, Michalkiewicz, & Heck, 2015;Hilbig, Erdfelder, & Pohl, 2010), reasoning (Klauer, Voss, Schmitz, & Teige-Mocigemba, 2007), perception (Ashby, Prinzmetal, Ivry, & Maddox, 1996), implicit attitude measurement (Conrey, Sherman, Gawronski, Hugenberg, & Groom, 2005;Nadarevic & Erdfelder, 2011), and processing fluency (Fazio, Brashier, Payne, & Marsh, 2015;Unkelbach & Stahl, 2009). Batchelder & Riefer (1999) and Erdfelder et al (2009) reviewed the literature and showed the usefulness and broad applicability of the MPT model class.…”