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Considerations in Psychometric Modeling of Response Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Bruce Bloxom
Bruce Bloxom*
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Vanderbilt University
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Abstract

Semiparametric models express a set of distributions of event times in terms of (a) a single parameter which varies across distributions and (b) a single function which does not vary across distributions and which has an unspecified form. These models appear to be attractive alternatives to parametric models of response times in psychometrics. However, our use of such models may require incorporating additional functions which do not vary across distributions and may require expressing the models in terms of the joint distribution of response class and response time.

Keywords

semiparametric modelCox regressionproportional hazardsaccelerated life modelcompeting risks modelhazard function
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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , December 1985 , pp. 383 - 397
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Copyright © 1985 The Psychometric Society

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