Signal detection theory with item effects

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-239

  DeCarlo, Lawrence T ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Item effects; Medical imaging; Mixture model; Random coefficient; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960035653     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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