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. 1969 May;12(3):475–480. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1969.12-475

Signal detection theory and operant behavior

A review of David M. Green and John A. Swets' Signal detection theory and psychophysics1

Reviewed by: John A Nevin
PMCID: PMC1338610

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Selected References

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