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A Sequence of Limiting Distributions of Response Probabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

J. R. McGregor
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
J. V. Zidek
Affiliation:
University of Alberta

Abstract

Explicit solutions are obtained for a sequence of limiting distributions of response probabilities for the two experimenter-controlled events learning model of Bush and Mosteller [2]. A generalization to the s experimenter-controlled events model is found.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 Psychometric Society

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