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This paper was written while the author was on professional leave from Cleveland State University during part of 1984. The ideas stem from research gegun while the author was supported by a research initiation award from Cleveland State University during part of 1969.
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Emerson, P.L. Observations on a maximum likelihood method of sequential threshold estimation and a simplified approximation. Perception & Psychophysics 36, 199–203 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202680
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