Comparisons of elimination by aspects and supression of aspects choice models based on choice response time (Q1107473): Difference between revisions

\textit{A. A. J. Marley} [Psychometrika 46, 421-428 (1981)] proposed an extension of \textit{A. Tversky}'s [Psychol. Review 79, 281-299 (1972)] elimination by aspects (EBA) model of preferential choice that generates choice response time predictions. In this article we propose a similar extension of \textit{F. Restle}'s [Psychology of judgement and choice. New York (1961)] suppression of aspects (SOA) model of conflict resolution. Although both models make identical predictions regarding binary choice probability, we show that it is possible to empirically distinguish the two models with a parameter-free test based on choice response time. Previous research on preferential choice response time supports the extended SOA model over the extended EBA model for the binary choice case, but the opposite is found when more than two alternatives are presented.