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An R package for state-trace analysis

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posted on 2023-05-18, 08:12 authored by Prince, M, Hawkins, G, Love, J, Heathcote, A
State-trace analysis (Bamber, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 19, 137-181, 1979) is a graphical analysis that can determine whether one or more than one latent variable mediates an apparent dissociation between the effects of two experimental manipulations. State-trace analysis makes only ordinal assumptions and so, is not confounded by range effects that plague alternative methods, especially when performance is measured on a bounded scale (such as accuracy). We describe and illustrate the application of a freely available GUI driven package, StateTrace, for the R language. StateTrace automates many aspects of a state-trace analysis of accuracy and other binary response data, including customizable graphics and the efficient management of computationally intensive Bayesian methods for quantifying evidence about the outcomes of a state-trace experiment, developed by Prince, Brown, and Heathcote (Psychological Methods, 17, 78-99, 2012).

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Publication title

Behavior research methods

Volume

44

Pagination

644-55

ISSN

1554-351X

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Austin, Tex. : Psychonomic Society

Place of publication

United States

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Copyright 2012 Psychonomic Society, Inc.

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