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Informational models and their uses

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An analysis of the selection and use of informational models in psychological research is undertaken. The axioms of different informational models are presented together with the deductions which have direct empirical application. The models are used to demonstrate many of the inadequacies and inaccuracies involved in the use of information theory in the psychological literature. It is also shown that certain related conceptual ambiguities are understandable in terms of confusions among various models.

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  1. Indiana University, USA

    Arnold Binder

  2. System Development Corporation, USA

    Burton R. Wolin

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Most of this article was written while the senior author was summer consultant to the System Development Corporation.

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Binder, A., Wolin, B.R. Informational models and their uses. Psychometrika 29, 29–54 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289566

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