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Journal Articles Behavior Research Methods Year : 2006

Modeling psychometric functions in R.

Abstract

We demonstrate some procedures in the statistical computing environment R for obtaining maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of a psychometric function by fitting a generalized nonlinear regression model to the data. A feature for fitting a linear model to the threshold (or other) parameters of several psychometric functions simultaneously provides a powerful tool for testing hypotheses about the data and, potentially, for reducing the number of parameters necessary to describe them. Finally, we illustrate procedures for treating one parameter as a random effect that would permit a simplified approach to modeling stimulus-independent variability due to factors such as lapses or interobserver differences. These tools will facilitate a more comprehensive and explicit approach to the modeling of psychometric data.
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inserm-00131799 , version 1 (20-02-2007)

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Rosa Yssaad-Fesselier, Kenneth Knoblauch. Modeling psychometric functions in R.. Behavior Research Methods, 2006, 38 (1), pp.28-41. ⟨inserm-00131799⟩
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