The sampling distribution of k

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-308

  McLean, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymptotic response rate; Herrnstein's hyperbola; Noise; Reinforcer value; Simulation

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; NOISE; PARAMETERIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; KAPPA STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOISE; PARAMETER; REINFORCEMENT; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33646138930     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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