Behavioral Econometrics for Psychologists

Behavioral Econometrics for Psychologists

We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of structural econometric methods. These methods involve the development of maximum likelihood estimates of models, where the likelihood function is tailored to the structural model. In recent years these models have been developed for a wide range of behavioral models of choice under uncertainty. We explain the components of this method...

The Methodologies of Behavioral Econometrics

Behavioral econometrics is one part of a methodological trinity that includes theory, data collection and econometrics. Sometimes, on a good methodological day, there are few demands on the econometrician and the data can just be described and summarized, or elementary statistical tests applied. More often, latent structures from theory have to be estimated, and data collection has to be design...

Preparation of School Psychologists in Behavioral Consultation Service Delivery

Prescription privileges for psychologists: opinions of pediatric psychologists and pediatricians.

OBJECTIVE To examine the opinions of pediatricians and pediatric psychologists concerning prescription privileges for psychologists. METHODS 213 pediatric psychologists and 119 pediatricians returned surveys regarding their opinions about cost, access, and quality of psychological care if psychologists had prescription privileges. RESULTS Pediatric psychologists had significantly more posit...

Prescriptive authority for psychologists.

The proposal that psychologists should pursue prescriptive authority was first put forth 25 years ago, and it has been an official goal of the American Psychological Association for 15 years. Since then some form of prescriptive authority has been approved by three states, the Territory of Guam, and three branches of the military. Psychologists are also eligible to prescribe in the Public Healt...