This chapter reviews some of the uses of operations research methods in experimental psychology. We begin by describing some basic methodological issues that arise in the study of human decision making. Next, we describe in more detail research in experimental psychology that has used methods common to operations research—such as dynamic programming—to understand sequential observation and sele...

Due to rich historical legacy as well as recent advances in the field, cognitive psychology spans a large array of research methods, experimental paradigms and measuring techniques that provide a powerful set of tools in the study of cognitive functions. A sample of research methods from two core approaches, experimental psychology and cognitive neuropsychology, are presented along with some of...

Current checklists for empirical software engineering cover either experimental research or case study research but ignore the many commonalities that exist across all kinds of empirical research. Identifying these commonalities, and explaining why they exist, would enhance our understanding of empirical research in general and of the differences between experimental and case study research in ...

Two different quantities have been suggested for quantification of evidence in cases where a suspect is found by a search through a database of DNA profiles. The likelihood ratio, typically motivated from a Bayesian setting, is preferred by most experts in the field. The so-called np rule has been suggested through more frequentistic arguments and has been suggested by the American National Res...

One of the central challenges to studying highly skilled performance in the laboratory is methodological. It is necessary to develop standardized methods that allow investigators to make experts repeatedly reproduce their superior performance in the laboratory. The recent increase in demand for translational research has raised related issues of how everyday phenomena, such as successful clinic...

Nurses are increasingly called upon to devise interventions for individual clients. These interventions must be effective for the purpose for which they are designed if they are to be considered appropriate for the client for whom they were devised. Single-case research methodology offers the practising nurse an easy to use strategy for assessing the efficacy of individualised interventions, wi...