Likelihood ratios: A simple and flexible statistic for empirical psychologists

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 791-806

  Glover, Scott ^a,c   Dixon, Peter ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 19644394949     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196706     Document Type: Article

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