Michael H. Birnbaum is a professor of Psychology and Director of the Decision Research Center at California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...

. He has reaserched widely in psychology but his major focus has been on individual and social judgment and decision making, and the modelling of behavior. Birnbaum has been president of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, the Society for Judgment and Decision Making

Society for Judgment and Decision Making

The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of decision. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision...

, and the Society for Computers in Psychology

Society for Computers in Psychology

The Society for Computers in Psychology is a scholarly society founded in 1971 with the purpose of the increasing and diffusing knowledge of the use of computers in psychological research.- History :...

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Slected publications

• Birnbaum, M. H. (1998). Measurement, judgment, and decision making. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Birnbaum, M. H. (2000). Psychological experiments on the internet. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press.
• Birnbaum, M. H. (2001). Introduction to behavioral research on the Internet. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall.