Slope bias of psychometric functions derived from adaptive data

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1389-1398

  Kaernbach, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035525216     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194550     Document Type: Article

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