A framework for ML estimation of parameters of (mixtures of) common reaction time distributions given optional truncation or censoring

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-323

  Dolan, Conor V ^a   Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a   Molenaar, Peter C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036689007     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195458     Document Type: Article

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