Detection Theory: A User's Guide

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CUP Archive, Jan 25, 1991 - Psychology - 407 pages
 

Contents

Sensitivity
7
The decision space
19
The provenance of detection theory
25
Response bias
31
The rating experiment and empirical ROCS
58
31
83
Threshold theory and nonparametric analysis
88
Discrimination with two or more
117
Problems
207
Tworesponse classification with a standard
218
44
225
Multidimensional detection theory
233
Statistics and detection theory
267
Elements of probability and statistics
291
Logarithms and exponentials
303
Flowcharts to sensitivity and bias
305

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139
Samedifferent designs
141
37
157
Manyinterval designs
162
42
173
Larger stimulus contexts
181
Choices for the adaptive tester
190
Criteria for evaluating adaptive methods
201
Adaptive procedures
311
Tables
317
Software for detection theory
357
Glossary
369
References
383
Name index
397
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