PASTIS: A program for curve and distribution analyses

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 542-548

  Cousineau, Denis ^a   Larochelle, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0040426581     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03210606     Document Type: Article

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