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1132 Measurement, judgement, and new research methods
ATH-1-109, Attenhoferstrasse 9, Mi 18-20
Adrian Schwaninger & Ulf-Dietrich Reips

Description
In this seminar methodological, theoretical and applied aspects of measurement and research methods in general psychology are considered. The following topics will be discussed in selected publications: Signal detection theory as a powerful instrument in diagnostics and ergonomics, applications of cognitive task analysis, overview of categorization theories, different types of probability judgements, online research methods, web experiments.

Materials
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Schedule and slides

No.	Date	Topic
1	04.04.2001	Introduction [PDF]
2	11.04.2001	No lecture (conference)
3	18.04.2001	Signal Detection I: Theory, Data, and Measures Swets, J.A. (1996). Signal detection theory and ROC analysis in psychology and diagnostics (pp. 7-56). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [PDF]
4	25.04.2001	Signal Detection II: Accuracy and Efficacy of Diagnoses Swets, J.A. (1996). Signal detection theory and ROC analysis in psychology and diagnostics (pp. 99-141). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [PDF]
5	02.05.2001	Signal Detection III: Application in Medical Imaging Swets, J.A. (1996). Signal detection theory and ROC analysis in psychology and diagnostics (pp. 147-183). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [PDF]
6	09.05.2001	Cognitive Task Analysis: Determining Decision Making Skills Seamster, T.L., Redding, & Kaempf, G.L. (1997). Cognitive task analysis in aviation (Chapter 9). Aldershot: Avebury Aviation. [PDF]
7	16.05.2001	Categorization I: Theories, Representation, and Selection Ashby, F.G., & Maddox, W.T. (1998). Stimulus Categorization. In M.H. Birnbaum (Ed.), Measurement, judgement and decision making (pp. 251-272). San Diego: Academic Press. [PDF]
8	23.05.2001	Categorization II: Access, Comparisons, and Future Directions Ashby, F.G., & Maddox, W.T. (1998). Stimulus Categorization. In M.H. Birnbaum (Ed.), Measurement, judgement and decision making (pp. 273-293). San Diego: Academic Press. [PDF]
9	30.05.2001	Decision Making I: Assessment. Ch. 2 in Yates, J.F. (1990). Judgment and Decision Making. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. [PDF]
10	06.06.2001	Decision Making II: Bedrock principles. Ch. 8 in Yates, J.F. (1990). Judgment and Decision Making. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. [PDF]
11	13.06.2001	Decision Making III: Expected utility (EU). Ch. 9 in Yates, J.F. (1990). Judgment and Decision Making. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. [PDF]
12	20.06.2001	Decision Making IV: EU doesn't hold. Birnbaum, M. H. (2001). A Web-Based Program of Research on Decision Making. In U.-D. Reips & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 23-55). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. [PDF]
13	27.06.2001	Methods in Internet Science I: Measurement. Krantz, J. H. (2001). Stimulus delivery on the Web: What can be presented when calibration isn’t possible. In U.-D. Reips & M.Bosnjak (Eds.), Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 113-130). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. [PDF]
14	04.07.2001	Methods in Internet Science II: Web experiments. Reips, U.-D. (2000). The Web Experiment Method: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Solutions. In M. H. Birnbaum (Ed.), Psychological Experiments on the Internet (pp. 89-118). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. [PDF]