Social Science posts
- November 30, -1
- 12:00 AM
- 2,314 views
Mixture Models for Ordinal Data
by Christopher Winship in SMR Blog
Cumulative probability models are widely used for the analysis of ordinal data. In this article the authors propose cumulative probability mixture models that allow the assumptions of the cumulative probability model to hold within subsamples of the data. The subsamples are defined in terms of latent class membership. In the case of the ordered logit mixture model, on which the authors focus here, the assumption of a logistic distribution for an underlying latent dependent variable holds within ........ Read more »
Breen, R., & Luijkx, R. (2010) Mixture Models for Ordinal Data. Sociological Methods , 39(1), 3-24. DOI: 10.1177/0049124110366240
- November 30, -1
- 12:00 AM
- 2,630 views
Cannabis law has no effect on cannabis use
by Neurobonkers in Neurobonkers
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction confirms that prohibition does not appear to effect levels of cannabis use in any way... Read more »
The european monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction. (2011) The state of the drugs problem in Europe . Annual Report. info:/
- November 30, -1
- 12:00 AM
- 1,544 views
How eating several smaller sized chocolates makes you look greedy and impulsive: the unit size effect of indulgent food
by Ellen van Kleef in Food Intake Control
Imagine you are offered a package full of delicious chocolates. Would the size of the pieces of chocolate influences how much you eat?
Yes, it does matter. This blog post is about the unit size effect of indulgent food and why consumers eat less with smaller unit sizes.
... Read more »
van Kleef Ellen, Kavvouris Christos, & van Trijp Hans C.M. (2014) The unit size effect of indulgent food: How eating smaller-sized items signals impulsivity and makes consumers eat less. Psychology , 1-41. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.909426
topics
join us!
Do you write about peer-reviewed research in your blog? Use ResearchBlogging.org to make it easy for your readers — and others from around the world — to find your serious posts about academic research.
If you don't have a blog, you can still use our site to learn about fascinating developments in cutting-edge research from around the world.
Research Blogging is powered by SRI Technology.
To learn more, visit http://selfregulationinstitute.org/.