Model-free estimation of the psychometric function

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1414-1425

  Zychaluk, Kamilazy ^a   Foster, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349515362     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.6.1414     Document Type: Article

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