HBMIRT: A SAS macro for estimating uni- and multidimensional 1- and 2-parameter item response models in small (and large!) samples
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02366-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTItem response theory (IRT) has evolved as a standard psychometric approach in recent years, in particular for test construction based on dichotomous (i.e., true/false) items. Unfortunately, large samples are typically needed for item refinement in unidimensional models and even more so in the multidimensional case. However, Bayesian IRT approaches with hierarchical priors have recently been shown to be promising for estimating even complex models in small samples. Still, it may be challenging for applied researchers to set up suc...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wolfgang Wagner Steffen Zitzmann Martin Hecht Source Type: research
Publisher Correction: Dimensionality and optimal combination of autonomic fear-conditioning measures in humans
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02391-7. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38519727 | DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02391-7 (Source: Behavior Research Methods)
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Federico Mancinelli Juliana K Sporrer Vladislav Myrov Filip Melinscak Josua Zimmermann Huaiyu Liu Dominik R Bach Source Type: research
Correction to: Sample size and power calculations for causal mediation analysis: A tutorial and Shiny app
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02386-4. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38519728 | DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02386-4 (Source: Behavior Research Methods)
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Xu Qin Source Type: research
Comparing type 1 and type 2 error rates of different tests for heterogeneous treatment effects
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02371-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPsychologists are increasingly interested in whether treatment effects vary in randomized controlled trials. A number of tests have been proposed in the causal inference literature to test for such heterogeneity, which differ in the sample statistic they use (either using the variance terms of the experimental and control group, their empirical distribution functions, or specific quantiles), and in whether they make distributional assumptions or are based on a Fisher randomization procedure. In this manuscript, we present the res...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steffen Nestler Marie Salditt Source Type: research
An examination of the effects of eye-tracking on behavior in psychology experiments
We examined whether eye-tracking produced Hawthorne effects in six commonly used psychological scales and five behavioral tasks. The dependent measures were selected because they are widely used and cited and because they involved measures of sensitive topics, including gambling behavior, racial bias, undesirable personality characteristics, or because they require working memory or executive attention resources, which might be affected by Hawthorne effects. The only task where Hawthorne effects manifested was the mixed gambles task, in which participants accepted or rejected gambles involving a 50/50 chance of gaining or ...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darrell A Worthy Joanna N Lahey Samuel L Priestley Marco A Palma Source Type: research
Comparing type 1 and type 2 error rates of different tests for heterogeneous treatment effects
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02371-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPsychologists are increasingly interested in whether treatment effects vary in randomized controlled trials. A number of tests have been proposed in the causal inference literature to test for such heterogeneity, which differ in the sample statistic they use (either using the variance terms of the experimental and control group, their empirical distribution functions, or specific quantiles), and in whether they make distributional assumptions or are based on a Fisher randomization procedure. In this manuscript, we present the res...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steffen Nestler Marie Salditt Source Type: research
An examination of the effects of eye-tracking on behavior in psychology experiments
We examined whether eye-tracking produced Hawthorne effects in six commonly used psychological scales and five behavioral tasks. The dependent measures were selected because they are widely used and cited and because they involved measures of sensitive topics, including gambling behavior, racial bias, undesirable personality characteristics, or because they require working memory or executive attention resources, which might be affected by Hawthorne effects. The only task where Hawthorne effects manifested was the mixed gambles task, in which participants accepted or rejected gambles involving a 50/50 chance of gaining or ...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darrell A Worthy Joanna N Lahey Samuel L Priestley Marco A Palma Source Type: research
TAT-HUM: Trajectory analysis toolkit for human movements in Python
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02378-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHuman movement trajectories can reveal useful insights regarding the underlying mechanisms of human behaviors. Extracting information from movement trajectories, however, can be challenging because of their complex and dynamic nature. The current paper presents a Python toolkit developed to help users analyze and extract meaningful information from the trajectories of discrete rapid aiming movements executed by humans. This toolkit uses various open-source Python libraries, such as NumPy and SciPy, and offers a collection of comm...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Xiaoye Michael Wang Timothy N Welsh Source Type: research
Investigating weight constraint methods for causal-formative indicator modeling
This study emphasizes the importance of using an appropriate weight constraint method in causal-formative indicator modeling.PMID:38504078 | DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02365-9 (Source: Behavior Research Methods)
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ruoxuan Li Lijuan Wang Source Type: research
Timed picture naming norms for 800 photographs of 200 objects in English
We report recognition latencies for each image, and several normed variables for the provided names: agreement, H-statistic (i.e. level of naming uncertainty), Zipf word frequency and word length. Rather than simply focusing on a single name per image (i.e. the modal or most common name), analysis of recognition latencies showed that it is important to consider the diversity of labels that participants may ascribe to each pictured object. The norms therefore provide a list of candidate labels per image with weighted measures of word length and frequency per image that incorporate all provided names, as well as modal measur...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rens van Hoef Dermot Lynott Louise Connell Source Type: research
Quantifying accuracy on distance estimation tasks: A Monte Carlo study
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02353-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAn important aspect of perceptual learning involves understanding how well individuals can perceive distances, sizes, and time-to-contact. Oftentimes, the primary goal in these experiments is to assess participants' errors (i.e., how accurately participants perform these tasks). However, the manner in which researchers have quantified error, or task accuracy, has varied. The use of different measures of task accuracy, to include error scores, ratios, and raw estimates, indicates that the interpretation of findings depends on the ...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hannah M Solini Elenah B Rosopa Patrick J Rosopa Christopher C Pagano Source Type: research
TAT-HUM: Trajectory analysis toolkit for human movements in Python
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02378-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHuman movement trajectories can reveal useful insights regarding the underlying mechanisms of human behaviors. Extracting information from movement trajectories, however, can be challenging because of their complex and dynamic nature. The current paper presents a Python toolkit developed to help users analyze and extract meaningful information from the trajectories of discrete rapid aiming movements executed by humans. This toolkit uses various open-source Python libraries, such as NumPy and SciPy, and offers a collection of comm...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Xiaoye Michael Wang Timothy N Welsh Source Type: research
Investigating weight constraint methods for causal-formative indicator modeling
This study emphasizes the importance of using an appropriate weight constraint method in causal-formative indicator modeling.PMID:38504078 | DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02365-9 (Source: Behavior Research Methods)
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ruoxuan Li Lijuan Wang Source Type: research
Timed picture naming norms for 800 photographs of 200 objects in English
We report recognition latencies for each image, and several normed variables for the provided names: agreement, H-statistic (i.e. level of naming uncertainty), Zipf word frequency and word length. Rather than simply focusing on a single name per image (i.e. the modal or most common name), analysis of recognition latencies showed that it is important to consider the diversity of labels that participants may ascribe to each pictured object. The norms therefore provide a list of candidate labels per image with weighted measures of word length and frequency per image that incorporate all provided names, as well as modal measur...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rens van Hoef Dermot Lynott Louise Connell Source Type: research
Quantifying accuracy on distance estimation tasks: A Monte Carlo study
Behav Res Methods. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02353-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAn important aspect of perceptual learning involves understanding how well individuals can perceive distances, sizes, and time-to-contact. Oftentimes, the primary goal in these experiments is to assess participants' errors (i.e., how accurately participants perform these tasks). However, the manner in which researchers have quantified error, or task accuracy, has varied. The use of different measures of task accuracy, to include error scores, ratios, and raw estimates, indicates that the interpretation of findings depends on the ...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hannah M Solini Elenah B Rosopa Patrick J Rosopa Christopher C Pagano Source Type: research
