Measuring, estimating, and understanding the psychometric function: A commentary

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1421-1455

  Klein, Stanley A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0035522454     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194552     Document Type: Review

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