William H. BatchelderProfessor, Cognitive Sciences |
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Research Interests |
Mathematical models of learning and memory, mathematical psychology, and measurement | |
| URL | www.cogsci.uci.edu/personnel/batchelder/batchelder.html | |
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Academic Distinctions |
1962-65 NDEA Fellowship 1965-66 NIH Fellowship 1969 "Outstanding Teaching Award" University of Illinois 1970- National Chess Master, 1979 Life Master, United States Chess Federation, 1982- Senior Master United States Chess Federation 1989-90 President Society for Mathematical Psychology 1994 Lauds and Laurels Award for Distinguished Research at UCI 1997 Elected to Society for Experimental Psychology 2007 First Guest Professor on the Revesz Chair in Psychology at University of Amsterdam |
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| Appointments |
1966-70 Assistant Professor Psychology, Department of Psychology University of Illinois (Urbana) 1970 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1974-78 Faculty Chairperson, School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine 1977 On Sabbatical Leave. Institute of Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, Stanford University 1986-90 Chair, Mathematical Social Science 1990 Acting Chair, Department of Cognitive Sciences 1995 Visiting Professor ICS and Department of Statistics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 1998-03 Director, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences UCI 2001 Visiting Professor, Santa Fe Institute 2007 Visiting Révész Professor Department of Psychology University of Amsterdam |
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Research Abstract |
Many areas in the psychological and social sciences have advanced by the development of formal methods and theories. My research has been in the development of formalism in several of these areas. Among my recent projects are: (1) developing formal measurement methods to access dynamically changing ability in cognitive skills, such as chess; (2) developing and testing statistical models of learning and memory phenomena that permit the measurement of unobservable cognitive processes; (3) contributing to the foundation of social network theory; (4) developing and testing measurement methods for anthropological fieldwork that permit one to simultaneously calibrate the competency of informants and to aggregate the information they provide to determine their normative cultural knowledge. Students who work with me generally have strong backgrounds and interests in mathematics, statistics, philosophy, and the information sciences | |
| Publications | Gosti, G., & Batchelder, W. H. (2011). Naming on a directed Graph. In J. J. Salemo, J. Y. Shanchieh, D. S. Nau, & S. K. Chai, Social Computing Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction LNCS 6589 (pp. 358-365). New York: Springer. | |
| Wu, H., Myung, J. I., & Batchelder, W. H. (2010). On the Minimum Description Length Complexity of Multinomial Processing Tree Models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology , 54, 291-303. | ||
| Wu, H., Myung, J. I., & Batchelder, W. H. (2010). Minimum Description Length Model Selection of Multinomial Processing Tree Models. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 17, 275-286. | ||
| Smith, J. B., & Batchelder, W. H. (2010). Beta-MPT: Multinomial Processing Tree Models for Addressing Individual Differences. Journal of Mathematical Psychology , 54, 167-183. | ||
| Schmittmann, V. D., Dolan, C. V., Raijmakers, M. E., & Batchelder, W. H. (2010). Parameter Identification in Multinomial Processing Tree Models. Behavior Research Methods , 42, 836-846. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H., Strashny, A., & Romney, A. K. (2010). Cultrual Consensus Theory: Aggregating Continuous Responses in a Finite Interval. In S. K. Chai, J. J. Salemo, & P. L. Mabry, Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling and Prediction 2010 (pp. 98-107). New York: Springer. | ||
| Purdy, B., & Batchelder, W. H. (2009). A Context-free Language for Binary Multinomial Processing Tree Models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology , 53, 547-561. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H., Hu, X., & Smith, J. B. (2009). Multinomial Processing Tree Models for Discrete Choice. Special Issue on New Developments in Multinomial Process Tree Modeling. Zeitschrift fur Psychologie , 217, 149-158. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H. (2010). Mathematical Psychology. In L. Nadel, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science (pp. 759-765). New York: Wiley. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H. (2009). Cultural Consensus Theory: Aggregating Expert Judgments about Ties in a Social Network. In H. Liu, J. Salemo, & M. J. Young, Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling and Prediction (pp. 24-32). New York: Springer. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H. (2009). Cognitive Pscyometrics: Using Multinomial Processing Tree Models as Measurement Tools. In S. E. Embretson, Measuring Psychological Constructs: Advances in Model Based Measurement (p. 4). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association Books. | ||
| Smith, J. B., & Batchelder, W. H. (2008). Assessing Individual Differences in Categroical Data. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 15, 713-730. | ||
| Batchelder, W. H., & Batchelder, E. (2008). Meta-cognitive Guessing Strategies in Source Monitoring. In J. Dunlosky, & R. A. Bjork, Handbook of Metamemory and Memory (pp. 211-244). LEA Books. | ||
| Grants | "Research in the Foundations and Practice of Social measurement" NSF, 2002-2005 (with A.K. Romney, Co-PI) | |
| "Developing Culturally Appropriate Screening Tools for Dementia" Alzheimer's Association, 2003-06 (with Ece Batchelder, Co-PI) | ||
| "Multinomial Processing Tree Models: New Projects and Implementations" NSF, 2006-10, (with Xiangen Hu, Co-PI) | ||
| "Statistical Development and Application of Cultural Consensus Theory" Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 2009-11 | ||
| "Statistical Inference for Cultural Consensus Theory" Army Research Office 2010-13 | ||
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Professional Societies |
American Statistical Association Psychonomic Society Psychometric Society Society for Experimental Psychology Society for Mathematical Psychology |
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| Other Experience | ||
| Graduate Programs |
Psychology Mathematical Behavioral Science |
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| Research Center | Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2574 | |
| Last updated | 05/22/2011 | |