On the analysis of psychometric functions: The Spearman-Kärber method

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1399-1420

  Miller, Jeff ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035524922     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194551     Document Type: Article

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