Ariely Dan
Duke University, 1 Towerview Road, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Percept Psychophys. 2008 Oct;70(7):1325-6; discussion 1335-6. doi: 10.3758/PP.70.7.1325.
Myczek and Simons (2008) have described a computational model that subsamples a few items from a set with high accuracy, showing that this approach can do as well as, or better than, a model that captures statistical representations of the set. Although this is an intriguing existence proof, some caution should be taken before we consider their approach as a model for human behavior. In particular, I propose that such simulation-based research should be based on a more expanded range of phenomena and that it should include more accurate representations of errors in judgments.
迈切克和西蒙斯（2008年）描述了一种计算模型，该模型能从一组数据中高精度地抽取少量样本，表明这种方法与捕捉该组数据统计表征的模型效果相当，甚至更好。尽管这是一个有趣的存在性证明，但在将他们的方法视为人类行为模型之前，应谨慎对待。特别是，我建议此类基于模拟的研究应基于更广泛的现象范围，并且应包括对判断误差更准确的表征。
