Correlational biases in mean response latency differences

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-291

  Sriram, N ^a   Greenwald, Anthony G ^b   Nosek, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Correlation; Difference; Latency; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950917193     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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