Analyzing spatial models of choice and judgment with R

Analyzing Spatial Models of Choice and Judgment with R

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-330

  Armstrong, David A ^a   Bakker, Ryan ^b   Carroll, Royce ^c   Hare, Christopher ^b   Poole, Keith T ^b   Rosenthal, Howard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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