Sampling plans for fitting the psychometric function

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-289

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b   Alcalá Quintana, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Least squares; Maximum likelihood; Psychometric function; Psychophysical methods; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144493393     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S113874160000514X     Document Type: Article

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