Single-limit interval estimates as reference points

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-406

  Teigen, Karl Halvor ^a   Halberg, Anne Marie ^a   Fostervold, Knut Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34047244964     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1283     Document Type: Article

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