The R package : Behavioral Economic Easy Demand

Authors

Brent A. Kaplan, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA 24016 USA.
Shawn P. Gilroy, Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA.
Derek D. Reed, Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA.
Mikhail N. Koffarnus, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA 24016 USA.
Steven R. Hursh, Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc., Baltimore, MD USA.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2019

Abstract

: Behavioral Economic Easy Demand, a novel package for performing behavioral economic analyses, is introduced and evaluated. extends the statistical program to facilitate many of the analyses performed in studies of behavioral economic demand. The package supports commonly used options for modeling operant demand and performs data screening, fits models of demand, and calculates numerous measures relevant to applied behavioral economists. The free and open source package is compared to commercially available software (i.e., GraphPad Prism™) using peer-reviewed and simulated data. The results of this study indicated that provides results consistent with commonly used commercial software but provides a wider range of methods and functionality desirable to behavioral economic researchers. A brief overview of the package is presented, its functionality is demonstrated, and considerations for its use are discussed.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Perspectives on behavior science

First Page

163

Last Page

180

Recommended Citation

Kaplan, B. A., Gilroy, S. P., Reed, D. D., Koffarnus, M. N., & Hursh, S. R. (2019). The R package : Behavioral Economic Easy Demand. Perspectives on behavior science, 42 (1), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-018-00187-7