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Detection Theory and Psychophysics: A Review

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John A. Swets
John A. Swets*
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Psychometrika , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 1961 , pp. 49 - 63
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Copyright © 1961 The Psychometric Society

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The preparation of this paper was supported by the U. S. Army Signal Corps, the Air Force (Operational Applications Office and Office of Scientific Research), and the Office of Naval Research. This is Tech. Rep. No. AFCCDD TR 61-3.

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