Research

Grants

2021 - 2024 - Behavioral Decision Analytics: Theory, Applications, and Training.  National Science Foundation, SES # 2049896 (PI: Michel Regenwetter, Co-PI: Daniel Cavagnaro), awarded by Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program.

Journal Articles

Sloman, S.J., Cavagnaro, D.R., & Broomell, S.B. (2024).  Knowing What to Know: Implications of the Choice of Prior Distribution on the Behavior of Adaptive Design Optimization. Behavior Research Methods.  https://rdcu.be/dNakA

Ludwig, J., Cavagnaro, D.R., & Regenwetter, M. (2023).  Order-Constrained Inference to Supplement Experimental Data Analytics in Behavioral Economics: A Motivational Case Study.  Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2023.102116

Cavagnaro, D.R., & Regenwetter, M. (2023) Probabilistic Choice Induced by Strength of Preference. Computational Brain & Behavior . https://rdcu.be/dm6Sk

Forscher, P.S., Taylor, V.J., Cavagnaro, D.R., Lewis, N.A, Jr., Buchanan, E., Moshontz, H., … Chartier, C.R. (2020) Stereotype Threat in Black College Students Across Many Operationalizations.  Nature Human Behavior   [Registered Report Stage 1 Protocol]. https://psyarxiv.com/6hju9

Cavagnaro, D.R., Sensoy, B.A., Wang, Y., & Weisbach, M.S. (2019). Measuring Institutional Investors’ Skill from their Investments in Private Equity.  The Journal of Finance. http://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12783

Regenwetter, M., & Cavagnaro, D.R. (2019). Tutorial on Removing the Shackles of Regression Analysis: How to Stay True to Your Theory of Binary Response Probabilities. Psychological Methods, 24(2), 135-152.  https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000196

Cavagnaro, D.R., & Wang, Y.W. (2019). Institutional Investors’ Investments in Private Equity: The More the Better? International Journal of Business, 24(1), 1-24.

Zwilling, C.E., Cavagnaro, D.R., Regenwetter, M., Lim, S.H., Fields, B., & Zhang, Y. (2019). QTEST 2.1: Quantitative Testing of Theories of Binary Choice Using Bayesian Inference. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 91, 176-194.

Turel, O., & Cavagnaro, D.R. (2019). Effect of Abstinence from Social Media on Time Perception: Differences between Low- and At-Risk for Social Media “Addiction” Groups.  Psychiatric Quarterly, 90, 217-227.

Cavagnaro, D.R., & Davis-Stober, C.P. (2018). A Model-Based Test for Treatment Effects With Probabilistic Classification. Psychological Methods, 23(4), 672-689.

Davis-Stober, C.P., McCarthy, D., Cavagnaro, D.R., Price, M., Brown, N. & Park, S. (2018). Is cognitive impairment related to violations of rationality? A laboratory alcohol intoxication study testing transitivity of preferences. Decision, 6(2), 134-144.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000093

Turel, O., Cavagnaro, D.R., & Meshi, D. (2018). Short Abstinence from Online Social Networking Sites Reduces Perceived Stress, Especially in Excessive Users. Psychiatry Research, 270, 974-953.

Aranovich, G., Cavagnaro, D.R., Pitt, M.A., Myung, J.I., & Mathews, M.D. (2017).  A Model-based Analysis of Decision Making under Risk in Obsessive-Compulsive and Hoarding Disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 90, 126-132.

Regenwetter, M., Cavagnaro, D.R., Popova, A., Guo, Y., Zwilling, C., Lim, S.H., & Stevens, J.R. (2017). Heterogeneity and Parsimony in Intertemporal Choice.  Decision, 5(2), 63-94.

Cavagnaro, D.R., Aranovich, G., McClure, S., Pitt, M.A., & Myung, J.I. (2016). On the functional form of temporal discounting: An optimized adaptive test. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 52(3).

Davis-Stober, C.P., Brown, N., & Cavagnaro, D.R. (2015). Individual Differences in the Algebraic Structure of Preferences. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 66, 70-82.

Cavagnaro, D.R. & Davis-Stober, C.P. (2014). Transitive in our preferences but transitive in different ways: an analysis of choice variability. Decision, 1(2), 102-122.

Cavagnaro, D.R., Pitt, M.A., Gonzalez, R., & Myung, J.I. (2013). Discriminating Among Probability Weighting Functions Using Adaptive Design Optimization. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 47(3), 255-289.

Cavagnaro, D.R., Gonzalez, R., Myung, J.I. & Pitt, M.A. (2013). Optimal Decision Stimuli for Risky Choice Experiments: An Adaptive Approach. Management Science , 52(2), 358-375.

Myung, J.I., Cavagnaro, D.R., & Pitt, M.A. (2013). A Tutorial on Adaptive Design Optimization. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 57(3-4), 53-67.

Cavagnaro, D.R., Pitt, M.A., & Myung, J.I. (2011). Model Discrimination through Adaptive Experimentation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18(1), 204-210.

Cavagnaro, D.R., Myung, J.I, Pitt, M.A. & Kujala, J.V. (2010). Adaptive Design Optimization: A Mutual Information Based Approach to Model Discrimination in Cognitive Science. Neural Computation, 22(4), 887-905.