Using maximum-likelihood adaptive methods to estimate difference thresholds and points of subjective equality

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 624-636

  Pokorny, Robert A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 24044490228     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03209480     Document Type: Article

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