Modeling response time distributions with generalized beta prime

DOI10.5890/DNC.2020.09.009MaRDI QIDQ5133397zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Dashti. Moghaddam, Jiong Liu, John Holden, R. A. Serota

Publication date 12 November 2020

Published in The interdisciplinary journal of Discontinuity, Complexity, and Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00070

zbMATH Keywords

aggregate distributiongeneralized beta prime distributionpower-law tails

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10) Cognitive psychology (91E10)

Abstract: We use Generalized Beta Prime distribution, also known as GB2, for fitting response time distributions. This distribution, characterized by one scale and three shape parameters, is incredibly flexible in that it can mimic behavior of many other distributions. GB2 exhibits power-law behavior at both front and tail ends and is a steady-state distribution of a simple stochastic differential equation. We apply GB2 in contrast studies between two distinct groups -- in this case children with dyslexia and a control group -- and show that it provides superior fitting. We compare aggregate response time distributions of the two groups for scale and shape differences (including several scale-independent measures of variability, such as Hoover index), which may in turn reflect on cognitive dynamics differences. In this approach, response time distribution of an individual can be considered as a random variate of that individual's group distribution.

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