Comparing Differences in Accuracy across Conditions or Individuals: An Argument for the Use of Log Odds

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 409-423

  Allerup, Peter ^a   Elbro, Carsten ^b  

^a The Danish National Center for Social Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032378479     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755763     Document Type: Article

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