Human psychophysical functions, an update: methods for identifying their form; estimating their parameters; and evaluating the effects of important predictors

DOI10.1007/S11336-014-9418-9zbMATH Open1342.62188OpenAlexW2055642616WikidataQ45736598 ScholiaQ45736598MaRDI QIDQ736440FDOQ736440

Authors: Diana E. Kornbrot 

Publication date: 4 August 2016

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2299/17642

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zbMATH Keywords

durationindividual differencesroughnessmagnitude estimationmagnitude productionStevens' power law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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