Software to calculate measures of sensitivity and response bias based on detection theory and threshold theory

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 461-463

  Van Der Goten, Koen ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0040675897     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200600     Document Type: Article

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