Modeling psychometric functions in R

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-41

  Yssaad Fesselier, Rosa ^b   Knoblauch, Kenneth ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33746664346     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192747     Document Type: Article

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