Averaging Models: Parameters Estimation with the R-Average Procedure.
Averaging Models: Parameters Estimation with the R-Average Procedure.
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平均模型:使用 R 平均过程进行参数估计。
作者:
G. Vidotto;D. Massidda;S. Noventa
The Functional Measurement approach, proposed within the theoretical framework of Information Integration Theory (Anderson, 1981, 1982), can be a useful multiattribute analysis tool. Compared to the majority of statistical models, the averaging model can account for interaction effects without adding complexity. The RAverage method (Vidotto & Vicentini, 2007) can be used to estimate the parameters of these models. By the use of multiple information criteria in the model selection procedure, RAverage allows for the identification of the best subset of parameters that account for the data. After a review of the general method, we present an implementation of the procedure in the framework of Rproject, followed b y some experiments using a Monte Carlo method. Multiattribute models generally follow three steps : evaluation of the attributes, integration of the obtained subjective dimensions, and a conclusive stage. In the last stage, the results of the previous processes are transformed into a ranking order, a set of pairwise preferences or a rating over some real interval (Lynch, 1985; Oral & Kettani, 1989). A subset of these models, proposed by Anderson (1981, 1982), identifies the averaging process as one of the widely used cognitive integration rules. The averaging process uses a weight and scale value parameters representation. Ratio scales are involved in the measurement of weights and equalinterval scales are used to measure values (Zalinski & Anderson, 1989). Furthermore, the method of subdesigns, proposed by Norman (1976) and Anderson (1982), allows for complete identifiability of these parameters by adjoining selected subdesigns to the full facto rial design. For instance, a full threeway design (A × B × C) can be supplement ed with three twoway