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.shtml | |
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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 |
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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 | Knapp, B. and Batchelder, W.H. Representing parametric order constraints in multi-trial applications of multinomial processing tree models. In Press, Journal of Mathematical Psychology. (in press) | |
| Baldi, P. and Batchelder, W.H. Theoretical note: Bounds on variances of estimators for multinomial processing tree models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2003, 47, 467-470. | ||
| Karabatsos, G. and Batchelder, W.H. Markov chain estimation methods for test theory without an answer key. Psychometrika, 2003, 68, 373-389. | ||
| Riefer, D.M., Knapp, B., Batchelder, W.H., Bamber, D., and Manifold, V. Cognitive psychometrics: Assessing storage and retrieval deficits in special populations. Psychological Assessment, 2002, 14, 184-201. | ||
| Romney, A.K., Weller, S.C., and Batchelder, W.H. Culture as consensus: A theory of culture and informant accuracy. In: R. Darnell (Ed.) Selection of Papers 1971-95, American Anthropological Association and University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming (1986, reprinted 2002). | ||
| Batchelder, W.H. Discrete state models of information processing. In N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 6, Pergamon, 2002, 3746-3751. | ||
| Batchelder, W.H. Mathematical Psychology. In A.E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association and New York: Oxford University Press (co-publishers), 2000. | ||
| Romney, A.K., Moore, C.C., Batchelder, W.H., and Hsia, T. Statistical methods for characterizing similarities and differences between semantic structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1999, 97, 518-523. | ||
| Batchelder, W.H. Multinomial processing tree models of cognition. In W. Hacker and M. Rinck (Eds). Bericht über den 41. Kongress der Deutschen Gessellschaft für Psychologie in Dresden. Lengerich, Germany. Pabst Science Publishing 1999, pp. 65-73. | ||
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Test theory without an answer key. Psychometrika, 1988, 53, 71-92 (with A.K. Romney). |
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Multinomial modeling and the measurement of cognitive processes. Psychological Review, 1988, 95, 318-339 (with D.M. Riefer). |
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| 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) | ||
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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 |
Visiting Professor Santa Fe Institute 2001 |
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Director Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences UCI 1998—2003 |
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Assistant Professor University of Illinois 1966—1970 |
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Associate Editor Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition American Psychological Association 2000—2003 |
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Editor Journal of Mathematical Psychology 1975—1979 |
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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 | 09/07/2004 | |