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Wagner, Richard K.; Moxley, Jerad; Schatschneider, Chris; Zirps, Fotena A. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: Bayesian-based models for diagnosis are common in medicine but have not been incorporated into identification models for dyslexia. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate Bayesian identification models that included a broader set of predictors and that capitalized on recent developments in modeling the prevalence of dyslexia.…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Identification, Dyslexia, Models
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Weber, Elke U.; Shafir, Sharoni; Blais, Ann-Renee – Psychological Review, 2004
This article examines the statistical determinants of risk preference. In a meta-analysis of animal risk preference (foraging birds and insects), the coefficient of variation (CV), a measure of risk per unit of return, predicts choices far better than outcome variance, the risk measure of normative models. In a meta-analysis of human risk…
Descriptors: Probability, Risk, Animals, Predictor Variables