Timing accuracy of web experiments: A case study using the WebExp software package

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Keller, Frank ^a   Gunasekharan, Subahshini ^a   Mayo, Neil ^a   Corley, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349147604     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.1.12     Document Type: Article

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