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Observations on a maximum likelihood method of sequential threshold estimation and a simplified approximation.

P L Emerson
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P L Emerson. 1984. Observations on a maximum likelihood method of sequential threshold estimation and a simplified approximation.. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03202680

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