Measurement error in subliminal perception experiments: Simulation analyses of two regression methods

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1461-1477

  Miller, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0040016160     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.4.1461     Document Type: Article

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