Key concepts in model selection: Performance and generalizability

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 205-231

  Forster, Malcolm R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0000177088     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmps.1999.1284     Document Type: Article

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