Interval-level measurement with visual analogue scales in internet-based research: VAS generator

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-704

  Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^a   Funke, Frederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; PHOTOSTIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 50849097205     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.3.699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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