Trimmed estimators for robust averaging of event-related potentials

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Leonowicz, Zbigniew ^a   Karvanen, Juha ^a   Shishkin, Sergei L ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Averaging; Event related potentials; Evoked potentials; Mean; Median; Robust estimators of location; Trimmed estimators; Trimmed mean

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; DATA ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 12344261640     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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