Papers Presented to Scientific Meetings and Conferences

  1. Birnbaum, M. H. Morality Judgments: Tests of an averaging model. Western Psychological Association (WPA), Los Angeles, CA, April, 1970.
  2. Birnbaum, M. H. Impression Formation: Averaging model vs. range model. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Miami, Florida, September, 1970.
  3. Birnbaum, M. H. Psychophysical judgment: An integral model. WPA, San Francisco, CA, April, 1971.
  4. Birnbaum, M. H. Impression formation: Difference judgments as a basis for response rescaling. WPA, San Francisco, CA, April, 1971.
  5. Birnbaum, M. H. & Rose, B. J. Computer dating: Personality similarity and interpersonal attraction. WPA, San Francisco, CA, April, 1971.
  6. Rose, B. J., & Birnbaum, M. H. Computer dating: Multitrait-multimethod validation in an interpersonal perception paradigm. WPA, San Francisco, CA, April, 1971.
  7. Birnbaum, M. H., & Walker, C. C. Evaluation of Keller method for teaching statistics. Conference on Keller Method, M.I.T., MA, October, 1971.
  8. Birnbaum, M. H. Systematic vs. representative design: Systextual design for stimulus variation and covariaton. Conference on Human Judgment and Social Interaction, Boulder, Colorado, March, 1972.
  9. Birnbaum, M. H. Morality judgments: Range model vs. averaging model with differential weights. WPA, Portland, OR, April 1972.
  10. Birnbaum, M. H., & Veit, C. T. Psychophysical measurement: Information integration with difference, ratio, and averaging tasks. WPA, Portland, OR, April, 1972.
  11. Rose, B. J., & Birnbaum, M. H. Functional measurement: Linemark judgments of ratios and differences between numbers. WPA, Portland, OR, April, 1972.
  12. Birnbaum, M. H. When models fail and scales converge: Additional constraints for functional measurement. Conference on Stimulus Classification and Judgment, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1972.
  13. Birnbaum, M. H., & Rose, B. J. Set-size effects in impression formation: Still an albatross for an averaging model. WPA, Anaheim, CA, April, 1973.
  14. Rose, B. J., & Birnbaum, M. H. Impression formation: Datability as a function of face, figure, and personality. WPA, Anaheim, CA, April, 1973.
  15. Veit, C. T., & Birnbaum, M. H., & Riskey, D. Scale-free test of an additive model for the size-weight illusion. WPA, Anaheim, CA, April, 1973.
  16. Birnbaum, M. H. Using contextual effects to derive psychophysical scales. Indiana Mathematical Psychology Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, April, 1973.
  17. Birnbaum, M. H. Scale-free test of an additive model for the size-weight illusion. Psychonomic Society Meetings, St. Louis, MO, November, 1973.
  18. Birnbaum, M. H. Role of cognitive expectancy in judgment. Indiana Theoretical and Cognitive Psychology Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, April, 1974.
  19. Birnbaum, M. H. Ratios and differences in psychological measurement. Midwestern Theoretical and Cognitive Psychology Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, April, 1976.
  20. Birnbaum, M. H., & Mellers, B. A. Combining base rates with sources who vary in credibility. Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Meetings, Chicago, IL, May, 1978.
  21. Birnbaum, M. H. Measuring the importance of cues in judgment for individuals (Invited paper) MPA, Chicago, May, 1979.
  22. Birnbaum, M. H. Problems with so-called "direct" scaling. Meetings of the American Society for Testing and Materials Symposium, Pleasure and Annoyance: Problems and approaches to measurement. Philadelphia, October, 1980.
  23. Birnbaum, M. H. Subtractive theory of stimulus comparison. Psychonomic Society Meetings, St. Louis, November, 1980.
  24. Birnbaum, M. H. Theories of stimulus comparison. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Santa Barbara, August, 1981.
  25. Birnbaum, M. H., & Mellers, B. A. Credibility of sources and base rates in judgment. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Philadelphia, November, 1981.
  26. Birnbaum, M. H., & Mellers, B. A. Abase the base, bays Bayes: On the use of base rate information in Bayesian inference. (title by Ward Edwards). Bayesian Research Conference, Los Angeles, February, 1982.
  27. Mellers, B. A., & Birnbaum, M. H. Contextual effects in judgment. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Princeton, N.J., August, 1982.
  28. Birnbaum, M. H. Mathematical models of source credibility. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Princeton, N.J., August, 1982.
  29. Birnbaum, M. H. Contextual effects in consumer research. Meetings of the Association for Consumer Research. San Francisco, October, 1982 (Invited Discussant).
  30. Birnbaum, M. H. Theories of witness credibility and relevant evidence. Judgment and Decision Making meetings. (and organizer of symposium on source credibility). Minnesota, November, 1982.
  31. Birnbaum, M. H. How to gain weight and be happy: Throw out your scale. Bayesian Research Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., February, 1983.
  32. Birnbaum, M. H. Discussion of job evaluation and social judgment biases in job evaluation. National Academy of Sciences Conference on Comparable worth Research. Hilton Head Island, SC., October, 1983.
  33. Birnbaum, M. H., & Hynan, L. G. Judgments of bias from statistical evidence. Mini-Psychometric and Marketing Conference. West Lafayette, IN, October, 1983.
  34. Birnbaum, M. H., & Hynan, L. G. Judgments of salary bias and test bias. Psychonomic Society Meetings, San Diego, CA, November, 1983.
  35. Birnbaum, M. H. All is fair in sex and salary? Bayesian Research Conference, Los Angeles, February, 1984.
  36. Birnbaum, M. H. Salary equity. Jacob Marshak Colloquium, (Invited Address, UCLA) February, 1984.
  37. Birnbaum, M. H. A coherent theory of "ratio" and "difference" judgments. International Congress of Psychology, Acapulco, Mexico, September, 1984.
  38. Birnbaum, M. H., Hynan, L. G., & Anderson, C. J. Trouble for ratio theory: "Ratios" and "Differences" of stimulus intervals. Psychonomic Society Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1984.
  39. Birnbaum, M. H. Are the benefits worth the price? Bayesian Research Conference, Los Angeles, February, 1985.
  40. Birnbaum, M. H., Anderson, C. J., & Hynan, L. G. Theories of the conjunction fallacy and conditional probability. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Boston, Mass, November, 1985.
  41. Birnbaum, M. H. Loci of contextual effects in Judgment & Decision Making (and organizer of symposium on contextual effects). Judgment & Decision Making Meetings, Boston, Mass, November, 1985.
  42. Birnbaum, M. H. If Michael is in such good shape, then why can't he run and chew gum at the same time? (On the calculus of intuitive probability). Bayesian Research Conference. Los Angeles, February, 1986.
  43. Birnbaum, M. H. Models of Equity. Symposium on mental models. Claremont Conference on Applied Cognitive Psychology, Claremont, CA, March, 1986.
  44. Birnbaum, M. H. Theories of intuitive probability. Mathematical psychology meetings, Boston, MA, August, 1986.
  45. Birnbaum, M. H., & Jou, J. W. Theory of difference judgment and comparative response times. Psychonomic Society Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November, 1986.
  46. Birnbaum, M. H. Are people as incoherent when they gamble as I was last night? (On the measurement of utility). Twenty-fifth Annual Bayesian Conference. Los Angeles, February, 1987.
  47. Birnbaum, M. H. Searching for Coherence in Judgment and Decision Making. Invited address to Western Psychological Association Meetings, Long Beach, CA, April, 1987.
  48. Birnbaum, M. H. Scale convergence and psychophysical laws. Invited address to Fechner Symposium, Leipzig, East Germany, July, 1987. (100th Anniversary of Gustav Fechner).
  49. Birnbaum, M. H. Dual bilinear utility: A configural-weight theory of the judge's point of view. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Berkeley, CA, August, 1987.
  50. Birnbaum, M. H., Mellers, B. A., & Coffey, G. Preference order and the judge's point of view. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Seattle, November, 1987.
  51. Mellers, B. A., Varey, C., & Birnbaum, M. H. A theory of subjective proportions. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Seattle, November, 1987.
  52. Mellers, B. A., Varey, C., & Birnbaum, M. H. I've been seeing spots lately. Bayesian Conference, Los Angeles, February, 1988.
  53. Mellers, B. A., Birnbaum, M. H., & Richardson, V. A distributional theory of impression formation. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Evanston, IL, July, 1988.
  54. Birnbaum, M. H., & Sutton, S. Measurement and decision-making. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Chicago, November, 1988.
  55. Mellers, B. A., Chang, S., & Birnbaum, M. H. The judged risk and attractiveness of gambles. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Chicago, November, 1988
  56. Mellers, B. A., & Birnbaum, M. H. Determining group and individual salary bias. American Statistical Association Winter Conference, San Diego, January, 1989.
  57. Weiss, R., Mellers, B. A., & Birnbaum, M. H. Selling less for more (Violations of dominance). Bayesian Research Conference. Studio City, CA, February, 1989.
  58. Chang, S., Mellers, B. A., & Birnbaum, M. H. Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but are they really more attractive and worth the additional cost? (Choice theory) Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, l989.
  59. Ordóñez, L., Mellers, B. A., & Birnbaum, M. H. Desperately seeking stability (Context effects). Twenty-seventh Annual Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, l989.
  60. Mellers, B. A., Weiss, R., & Birnbaum, M. H. The worth of risky options: Selling less for more. Mathematical Psychology Meetings. Irvine, CA, August, 1989.
  61. Birnbaum, M. H., & Sutton, S. E. Scale convergence in decision making. Mathematical Psychology Meetings. Irvine, CA, August, 1989.
  62. Mellers, B. A., Chang, S., & Birnbaum, M. H. A contingent process theory of risky decision making. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Atlanta, November, 1989.
  63. Mellers, B. A., Ordóñez, L., & Birnbaum, M. H. Einstein understood all about risky decision making (Relativity of decisions). Bayesian Research conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1990.
  64. Weber, E. U., Anderson, C. J., & Birnbaum, M. H. Similarities and differences between measures of perceived risk and of attractiveness of lotteries. Fifth International Conference on the Foundation and Applications of Utility, Risk, and Decision Theories. Duke University, June, 1990.
  65. Birnbaum, M. H. Configural weighting and utility measurement. Workshop on Measurement and the Mathematical Representations of Empirical Structures. Irvine, CA, August, 1990.
  66. Birnbaum, M. H. Contextual and configural effects in decision making. Conference on Preference, Risk, and Social Choice (with Soviet and Western Participants). Irvine, CA, August, 1991.
  67. Birnbaum, M. H., & Veit, C. T. Controversies in the measurement of subjective values. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting (Operations Research Society of America & The Institute of Management Science). San Francisco, CA, November, 1992.
  68. Birnbaum, M. H. Measurement-derived scales for utility. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting. San Francisco, CA, November, 1992.
  69. Birnbaum, M. H., & Zimmermann, J. The Savage memorial lecture: Exploring the mind of Bob Citron. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1995.
  70. Birnbaum, M. H., & Zimmermann, J. (1995). A Configural weighting of evidence from sources. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Irvine, CA, August, 1995.
  71. Birnbaum, M. H., McIntosh, W. R., Beeghley, D., & Bean, D. Experiments testing interval independence and branch independence in judgments and choices. Judgment and Decision Making Society Meetings, Los Angeles, CA, November, 1995.
  72. Birnbaum, M. H. Configurality in judgment and decision making. Judgment and Decision Making Society Meetings. Los Angeles, CA, November, 1995.
  73. Birnbaum, M. H., & Zimmermann, J. Exploring the mind of Bob Citron, Part II: People don't trim trees Savagely. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1996.
  74. Birnbaum, M. H., McIntosh, W. R., & Chavez, A. Violations of branch independence and configural weighting. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Chicago, IL, November, 1996.
  75. Birnbaum, M. H. Trying to Say More than Ward in '54. (On the probability weighting function in decision making). Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1997.
  76. Birnbaum, M. H. Symposium on utility (Symposium organizer & chair). Society for Judgment and Decision Making Meetings. Philadelphia, PA, November, 1997.
  77. Birnbaum, M. H. Tests that compare rank- and sign-dependent utility theories against other configural weight theories. Society for Judgment and Decision Making Meetings. Philadelphia, PA, November, 1997.
  78. Birnbaum, M. H. What are Clinton's prospects of meeting a Dominatrix? (Evidence against Cumulative prospect theory). Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1998.
  79. Birnbaum, M. H. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when gambles' events we do cleave. [Testing critical properties of decision making, including event-splitting, on the WWW]. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 1999.
  80. Birnbaum, M. H. WWW Experiments Test Properties of Decision Making. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Santa Cruz, CA, July, 1999.
  81. Birnbaum, M. H. On-line Research and Decision Making. Keynote address to German Online Research Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Online-Forschung), Nürnberg, Germany, October, 1999.
  82. Birnbaum, M. H. Web pages that make Web pages that run psychology experiments on the Web. Society for Computers in Psychology Meetings, Los Angeles, November, 1999.
  83. Birnbaum, M. H., & Martin, T. Violations of stochastic dominance and coalescing by financially motivated people. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Los Angeles, CA, November, 1999.
  84. Birnbaum, M. H. If 2 Ph.D.s = 1 Pair o' docs, how many paradoxes are there? Paradoxes of Choice. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 2000.
  85. Birnbaum, M. H. Testing Critical Properties of Decision Making in the Lab and on the Web. (Five invited presentations given in Germany and Switzerland at ZUMA Mannheim, Heidelberg University, University of Zürich, and Kiel University (2), June and July, 2000.
  86. Birnbaum, M. H., & Underwood, M. Violations of stochastic dominance in choices between graphically displayed gambles. Psychonomic Society Meetings, New Orleans, November, 2000.
  87. Birnbaum, M. H. Judgment and decision-making research on the Web. Society for Judgment and decision-making Meetings, New Orleans, November, 2000. In symposium, JDM on the Web (organized by Gary McClelland, November 20, 2000).
  88. Birnbaum, M. H. Psychological research via the WWW. Keynote address to ASPO Congres, Eindhoven, Netherlands, November 30, 2000. (An invited presentation was also made to Peter Wakker research group in Tilburg, Netherlands on November 28, 2000).
  89. Birnbaum, M. H. Will You buy what I'm selling? Theories of Viewpoint, Endowment, or Contingent Valuation. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, February, 2001.
  90. Birnbaum, M. H. A Web-Based Program of Research on Decision Making, June 25, 2001. Max Planck Institut für Bildungsforshung. Berlin, Germany.
  91. Birnbaum, M. H. Web-Research Workshop I: SurveyWiz, Sampling, Recruitment. Web-Research Workshop II: FactorWiz, Data Handling and Web Research. Max Planck Institut für Bildungsforshung. Berlin, Germany. June 26-27, 2001.
  92. Birnbaum, M. H. Making Internet Research Accessible to Students and Researchers. American Psychological Association Meetings. San Francisco, August, 2001.
  93. Birnbaum, M. H. Threats to the Validity of Internet Research. American Psychological Association Meetings. San Francisco, August, 2001.
  94. Birnbaum, M. H., & Wakcher, S. Effects of Strategic Advice on Probability Learning. Society for Computers in Psychology Meetings. Orlando, FL, November, 2001.
  95. Birnbaum, M. H., & Wakcher, S. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other (Franklin), or We give advice but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it (La Rochefoucauld) or I probably should have listened to what Ward said 50 years ago (Birnbaum). Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, February, 2002.
  96. Birnbaum, M. H. Psychological Experimentation via the World Wide Web. Invited Presentation to Western Psychological Association Meetings, Irvine, April, 2002.
  97. Birnbaum, M. H., & Wakcher, S. JavaScript Control of Browser-Based Web Experiments: Effects of Advice on Probability Learning. German Online Research Society Meetings, 2002. Hohemheim, Germany, October, 2002.
  98. Birnbaum, M. H. Before I split, I will explain--But you must weight--Alas, Atlas, Allais. Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, February, 2003.
  99. Birnbaum, M. H. Experimental Dissection of the Allais Paradox Refutes Prospect Theory. Conference in Behavioral Economics, Irvine, May, 2003.
  100. Wakcher, S., Birnbaum, M. H., & Devenport, J. L. Effects of question wording in a national policy survey. Poster presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. May, 2003.
  101. Birnbaum, M. H. Evaluation of Cumulative Prospect Theory as a Descriptive Theory of Risky Decision Making. Society for Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Ogden, UT, July, 2003.
  102. Birnbaum, M. H. A Web-Based Program of Research on Decision Making. Research Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making, Zurich, July, 2003. Download QuickTime Movie of Talk(27MB)
  103. Birnbaum, M. H. Advanced Techniques in Internet Research: JavaScript. Society for Computers in Psychology Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2003.
  104. Birnbaum, M. H. The Case Against Cumulative Prospect Theory. Psychonomic Society Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2003.
  105. Birnbaum, M. H. I'm not really overweight; it just needs redistribution. Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, January, 2004. (Conference Organizer)
  106. Birnbaum, M. H. Ten "New Paradoxes" of Risky Decision Making. Conference on Individual Decision Making. Irvine, May, 2004. talk available
  107. Birnbaum, M. H. Ten "New Paradoxes of Risky Decision Making Refute RDU and CPT. Invited Address, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June, 2004.
  108. Birnbaum, M. H. A historical and experimental review of Behavioral Decision Making. (A 10 hour mini-course) University of Zurich, June, 2004.
  109. Birnbaum, M. H. New Paradoxes of Choice. 11-TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FOUNDATIONS & APPLICATIONS OF UTILITY, RISK AND DECISION THEORY (FUR XI). Paris, June 30-July 4, 2004. talk available
  110. Birnbaum, M. H. New paradoxes of risky decision making. Purdue Winer Memorial Lectures. November 6, 2004. West Lafayette, Indiana.
  111. Birnbaum, M. H., & Bahra, J. A TAX on prospect theory. Bayesian Research Conference. Fullerton, CA, January, 2005. (Conference Organizer). talk available
  112. Birnbaum, M. H. Neither version of prospect theory is descriptive of risky decision making. Invited Colloquium, University of California, Riverside. April, 2005.
  113. Birnbaum, M. H. A model for analysis of transitivity in noisy choice data. Individual decisions: In honor of R. Duncan Luce's 80th Birthday. University of California, Irvine, May 7, 2005.
  114. Birnbaum, M. H. Workshop on SurveyWiz, FactorWiz, and JavaScript. Workshop on Web Research, Nürnberg, Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, June 3-4., 2005.
  115. Birnbaum, M. H. The case against prospect theories. Invited colloquium, University of Hannover, Germany. June 6, 2005.
  116. Birnbaum, M. H. The history of Decision Making Research: A short course, June 9 € 15, 2005. (A ten hour course) University of Kiel, Germany, 2005.
  117. Birnbaum, M. H. The new paradoxes of choice and prospect theories. Invited colloquium, University of Kiel, Germany, June 13, 2005.
  118. Birnbaum, M. H. The new paradoxes of choice. Invited colloquium, University of Linz, Austria, June 20, 2005.
  119. Birnbaum, M. H. New solutions to old problems in risky decision making, Symposium und Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Christian Seidl, Kiel, Germany, October 19, 2005.
  120. Birnbaum, M. H. Ain't misbehavin': I'm integratin'. (Tests of priority heuristic model of risky decision making). 44th Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, January 12-13, 2006. (Co-organizer of conference).
  121. Birnbaum, M. H. Methods for the Evaluation of Non-expected Utility Models. FUR XII (Foundations of Utility and Risk Conference), Rome, Italy, June 22-26, 2006.
  122. Luce, R. D., Hogarth, R., Birnbaum, M. H., Quiggin, J., & Karni, E. Round table: Behavioral economics: Views from abroad. FUR XII, June 22-26, 2006.
  123. Birnbaum, M. H. Decision-Making Based on Advice from Sources who vary in Expertise and Bias. Advice and Trust in Decision Making (ATDM), London, UK, June 29-30 2006.
  124. Birnbaum, M. H. New Paradoxes of Risky Decision Making that Refute Prospect Theories. IAREP/SABE (International Association for Research in Economic Psychology/Society for Advancement of Behavioral Economics) Congress, Paris, July 5-8, 2006.
  125. Birnbaum, M. H. Testing Transitivity of Preference. Society for Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, July 29-Aug 1, 2006.
  126. Birnbaum, M. H. This pump sucks, but it doesn't work. 45th Annual Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, January 3-5, 2007. (Conference co-Organizer)
  127. Castro, Laura L., & Birnbaum, M. H. Making choices based on advice from optimistic or pessimistic sources. (poster) Western Psychological Association Meetings, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, May 3-6, 2007.
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  128. Birnbaum, M.H. Testing lexicographic semiorder models: Generalizing the priority heuristic. Invited colloquium at Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany, May 24, 2007.
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  129. Birnbaum, M. H. New paradoxes of risky decision making that refute prospect theories. Invited Colloquium at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, May 28, 2007.
  130. Birnbaum, M. H. Testing heuristic models of risky decision making. Experimental Psychology Society Meetings, Joint with Psychonomic Society, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5, 2007.
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  131. Birnbaum, M. H., & Bahra, J. P. Transitivity of preference in individuals. Society for Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Costa Mesa, CA. July 28, 2007. Abstract
  132. Birnbaum, M. H. When ethical review of experiments is unethical. In symposium, Human subject protection, academic freedom, and the first amendment--can't we have it all? American Psychological Association Meetings, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
  133. Birnbaum, M. H. Invited keynote address: Testing critical properties of models of risky decision making. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Sept. 13, 2007.
  134. Birnbaum, M. H. Oath of Office as President, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Long Beach, CA., November, 2007.
  135. Birnbaum, M. H. Among those who cycle, few have regrets. 46th Annual Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA. January, 2008.
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  136. Birnbaum, M. H. (2008). Testing Critical Properties of Models of Risky Decision Making. International Congress of Psychology. BERLIN, July, 2008. Download QuickTime Movie Powerpoint with Sound Track of Narration (12.5 MB)
  137. Birnbaum, M. H. (2008). Presidential Address: Testing Critical Properties of Descriptive Models. Society for Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Chicago, November, 2008.
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  138. Birnbaum, M. H. (2009). New experiments that compare models of risky decision making. Max Planck Institute in Bonn, June, 2009.
  139. Birnbaum, M. H. (2009). Testing Critical Properties of Descriptive Models of Decision Making. INFORMS, San Diego, October 12, 2009.
  140. Birnbaum, M. H. (2010). Studying single people (some are married). Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, January, 2010.
  141. Birnbaum, M. H., & Bahra, J. P. (2010). Risky decision making with gambles and medical treatments. Society for Medical Decision Making Europe 2010, Hall in Tirol, Austria, June 1, 2010.
  142. Birnbaum, M. H. (2010). Individual differences in risky decision making. FUR XIV (Foundations of Utility and Risk), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, June 17, 2010.
  143. Birnbaum, M. H., & Bahra, J. P. (2010). Individual differences in critical properties of risky decision making. IAREP/SABE/ICBEEP Conference, Cologne, Germany, September 7, 2010.
  144. Birnbaum, M. H. (2010). Presidential Address: A program of Web-based research on decision making. Society for Computers in Psychology Presidential Address, November 18, 2010.
  145. Birnbaum, M. H. (2011). A comedy of errors. 49th Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, January, 2011.
  146. Birnbaum, M. H. (2012). The rain of error. 50th Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, January, 2012.
  147. Birnbaum, M. H. (2012). True and error models of response variation in judgment and decision tasks. Workshop on Noise and Imprecision in Individual and Interactive Decision-Making, University of Warwick, UK, April, 2012.
  148. Birnbaum, M. H., & Schmidt, U. (2012). Constant consequence paradoxes of Allais: Coalescing, restricted branch independence, or error?Foundations of Utility and Risk XV (FUR XV), Atlanta, July, 2012.
  149. Birnbaum, M. H., & Schmidt, U. (2012). Modeling choice to test if Allais paradoxes are due to coalescing, restricted branch independence, or error. Workshop on Testing Theories of Choice Behavior, Berlin, Germany, July, 2012.
  150. Birnbaum, M. H. (2013). Welcome. (Co-organizer of meetings) 51st Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, February, 2013.
  151. Birnbaum, M. H. (2013). R. Duncan Luce (1925-2012): Decision, Choice, & Utility. In symposium honoring the memory of R. Duncan Luce at Eastern Psychological Association Meetings. New York, NY, March, 2013.
  152. Birnbaum, M. H. (2013). Science of JDM as an Efficient Game of Mastermind. Keynote address at Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Bonn, July, 2013. Small Group Meeting: Efficient Science
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  153. Birnbaum, M. H. (2013). Theories of decisions under risk and uncertainty by R. Duncan Luce. Presentation in SJDM Tribute to R. Duncan Luce, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 15, 2013.
  154. Birnbaum, M. H. (2013). Website with helpful resources for learning how to conduct research via the Internet. Poster presentation in Society for Computers in Psychology Meetings, Toronto, Canada, 2013.
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  155. Birnbaum, M. H. (2014). I keep on digging, well, well, well. (A search for intransitive preferences predicted by Regret Theory and Majority Rule.) 52nd Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, February, 2014.
  156. Birnbaum, M. H. (2014). A test of majority rule in decisions based on advice. Foundations of Utility and Risk (FUR XVI), Rotterdam, Netherlands, June-July, 2014. Conference Website with links to papers
  157. Birnbaum, M. H. (2015). Am I well-endowed? It depends on your point of view. (Review of literature on the endowment effect and judge's point of view research.) 53rd Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA. March, 2015.
  158. Birnbaum, M. H. (2015). Empirical evaluation of third-generation prospect theory as a theory of the endowment effect. Society for Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Newport Beach, CA. July, 2015.
  159. Birnbaum, M. H. (2015). Workshop on Internet-based research and data analysis. (One of four instructors who gave lectures and instruction to Summer school workshop). University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. September, 2017.
  160. Birnbaum, M. H. (2015). True and error analysis of choice behavior. Invited colloquium to Economics Department at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. October, 2015.
  161. Birnbaum, M. H. (2016). To err is human; to model is divine. 54th Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, April, 2016.
  162. Birnbaum, M. H. (2016). True and error models for analysis of choice studies. The Press Lecture (Statistics program) University of California, Riverside, April, 2016.
  163. Birnbaum, M. H. (2016). What does it mean to say we are tracing a process? 35th Meeting of the European Group of Process Tracing Studies (EGPROC). Max Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany, June, 2016.
  164. Birnbaum, M. H. (2016). True and error models of response variability. Foundations of Utility and Risk (FUR Conference), Warwick, UK, June, 2016.
  165. Birnbaum, M. H. (2016). Sources of variability in choice tasks and criteria for evaluation of error models. Foundations of Utility and Risk: Round Table (FUR Conference), Warwick, UK, June, 2016.
  166. Birnbaum, M. H. (2017). Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond; I expect you to buy. 55th Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, Feb, 2017.
  167. Birnbaum, M. H. (2017). Forming beliefs by combining information from sources. Workshop on Belief Formation, UC Irvine, March 10, 2017.
  168. Birnbaum, M. H. (2017). Workshop on Internet-based research and data analysis. (One of four instructors giving lectures and instruction to Summer workshop). University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. September, 2017.
  169. Birnbaum, M. H., & Quispe-Torreblanca, E. G. (2018). To err is human, but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do. 56th Annual Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA. March 2, 2018.
  170. Birnbaum, M. H. (2018). True and error models for testing algebraic models in the presence of error. Mathematical Psychology Meetings, Madison, WI. July, 2018.
  171. Birnbaum, M. H. (2018). Testing models of decision making in the presence of error: A new extension of true and error theory. Conference on Decision Sciences, Konstanz, Germany. September 27, 2018.
  172. Birnbaum, M. H. (2019). 3rd Summer School on Internet-based Data Collection and Analysis in Decision Making. (Co-taught, along with Professors Ulf Reips and Gary McClelland; my presentations: history of field of judgment and decision making, philosophy of science, basic Online research methods, analyzing and testing algebraic models, error models in decision making). Sept 9-13.
  173. Birnbaum, M. H. (2020). Alright, BE a MARTER. Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, February, 27-29, 2020.
  174. Birnbaum, M. H. (2020). New computer resources for implementing the RECIPE design for weights and scale values in multiattribute judgment. Society for Computation in Psychology, Virtual Conference at Psychonomics, November 19, 2020.
  175. Birnbaum, M. H. (2021). 4th Summer School on Internet-based Data Collection and Analysis in Decision Making. (Co-taught, along with Professors Ulf Reips and Yury Shevchenko; my presentations: philosophy of science, basic Online research methods, analyzing and testing algebraic models, error models in decision making). Sept 13-17.
  176. Birnbaum, M. H. (2021). Calculators and Simulators that Run Online to Communicate Theories and Methods. Society for Computation in Psychology, Virtual Conference at Psychonomics, November 4, 2021.
  177. Birnbaum, M. H. (2022). Mastermind: Science as a Game. Foko Workshop, University of Konstanz, Germany, January 12, 2022.
  178. Birnbaum, M. H. (2022). True and Error Analysis instead of Test of Correlated Proportions: Can we save Lexicographic Semiorder Models? FoKo Workshop, University of Konstanz, Germany, May 11, 2022.
  179. Birnbaum, M. H., & Rouvere, J. (2022). Range-frequency theory and salary satisfaction. FoKo Workshop, University of Konstanz, Germany, December 21, 2022.
  180. Birnbaum, M. H., & Rouvere, J. (2023). A comparison of six theories of salary satisfaction. CTBS Internet-Based Evaluation of Decision-Theoretic Approaches, UC Irvine, Jan 20, 2023.
  181. Birnbaum, M. H., & Rouvere, J. (2023). Feeling double-crossed: A comparison of six theories of salary satisfaction. Edwards Bayesian Research Conference, Fullerton, CA, March 4, 2023.
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