A Box-Cox normal model for response times

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-640

  Klein Entink, R H ^a   van der Linden, W J ^a   Fox, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; APTITUDE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 70449359592     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711008X374126     Document Type: Article

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