First Advisor

James Paulson

Term of Graduation

Spring 1975

Date of Publication

5-23-1975

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology

Department

Psychology

Language

English

Subjects

Curves, Psychometrics

DOI

10.15760/etd.2375

Physical Description

1 online resource (3, vii, 74 pages)

Abstract

The interpretation of data from psychological experiments often involves the analysis and comparison of curves, like the electrocardiogram, spectral sensitivity, or dose-response curves. Existing statistical techniques are often inadequate for making this type of analysis. This thesis presents alternative methods for handling the data comprising curves and discusses the advantages of these techniques against those of existing methods.

Four types of analysis are discussed:

  1. finding a confidence band around one curve,
  2. finding a confidence band around the difference between two curves, or making an overall comparison between two curves,
  3. decomposing a curve into its components,
  4. making a component by component comparison of two curves

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