The psychometric function: I. Fitting, sampling, and goodness of fit

2001/11/01 by Felix A. Wichmann, N. Jeremy Hill · 2,444 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · #Advanced Statistical Methods and Models #Algorithm #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Confidence interval #Econometrics #Estimation theory #Goodness of fit #Likelihood function #Mathematics #Monte Carlo method #Perception #Psychology #Psychometric function #Psychophysics #Resampling #Statistical and numerical algorithms #Statistics

paper · pdf · doi:10.3758/bf03194544

published in Perception & Psychophysics 63(8), 1293-1313 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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