title: The organization of visual objects: randomness.
abstract: A method was described for determining whether or not a pattern of visual objects is arranged randomly. Based on distance to nearest neighbor, it includes three conditions and is designed to avoid Type I errors. Examples were given, and comparisons were made with other methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D004215:Distance Perception; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011897:Random Allocation; D013028:Space Perception