Measuring the Goodness of Lineups: Parameter Estimation, Question Effects, and Limits to the Mock Witness Paradigm

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Wells, Gary L ^a   Bradfield, Amy L ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346156086     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199911)13:1+3.3.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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