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Calibration in psychology - statistics background

As behavioural scientists, we often seek to measure what happens in a person's mind. What is the best way of taking that measurement?

Principal Research Fellow, University College London

Published Nov 16, 2020

This primer video accompanies the blogpost: Measuring cognitive variables: simple answers for thorny questions

Reference: Bach DR, Melinščak F, Fleming SM, Voelkle M (2020). Calibrating the experimental measurement of psychological attributes. Nature Human Behaviour, in press.

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