Bayesian adaptive estimation of psychometric slope and threshold

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2729-2737

  Kontsevich, Leonid L ^a   Tyler, Christopher W ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian adaptive method; Psychometric function; Two alternative forced choice

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

BAYES THEOREM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033001361     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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