On the dangers of averaging across observers when comparing decision bound models and generalized context models of categorization

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 354-374

  Maddox, W Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033072342     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206893     Document Type: Article

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