Denoising forced-choice detection data

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-100

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77950468645     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711009X424057     Document Type: Article

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