On the use and misuse of psychophysical terms.

Author(s)
Treisman, M.
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Abstract

The use of the terms sensitivity, bias, threshold and ratio scale in psychophysics is discussed, with special reference to the statistical decision theory of sensory discrimination and its application to signal detection and classical psychophysical procedures.

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B 12900 [electronic version only] /01/
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Psychological Review, Vol. 83 (1976), No. 3 (May), p. 246-256, 2 graph., 15 ref.

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