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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2018 Mar 19;30(6):809–826. doi: 10.1037/pas0000529

Table 3.

The MPT model parameters.

Parameter Symbol Description Scope
Attempt a Probability of initiating an attempt P&I
Sem b Probability of identifying the correct semantic neighborhood of the picture P
LexSem c Probability of retrieving correct lexical-semantic information P&I
LexPhon d Probability of retrieving correct lexical-phonological information P&I
LexSel e Probability of selecting a target lexeme over competitors P&I
Phon f Probability of retrieving correct phonemes P&I
Word-T g Probability of a phoneme change in the target word creating a real word I
Word-L h Probability of a phoneme change in a random word creating a real word G

Scope abbreviations: G = globally independent of trial; P = participant dependent; I = item dependent; P&I = participant and item dependent.