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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450279003321

Autore

Macmillan Neil A.

Titolo

Detection theory : a user's guide / / Neil A. MacMillan, C. Douglas Creelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-63456-4

1-135-63457-2

1-282-32161-7

9786612321610

1-4106-1114-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CreelmanC. Douglas

Disciplina

152.8

Soggetti

Signal detection (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-475) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Yes-No Experiment: Sensitivity; 2 The Yes-No Experiment: Response Bias; 3 The Rating Experiment and Empirical ROCs; 4 Alternative Approaches: Threshold Models and Choice Theory; 5 Classification Experiments for One-Dimensional Stimulus Sets; 6 Detection and Discrimination of Compound Stimuli: Tools for Multidimensional Detection Theory; 7 Comparison (Two-Distribution) Designs for Discrimination; 8 Classification Designs: Attention and Interaction; 9 Classification Designs for Discrimination

10 Identification of Multidimensional Objects and Multiple Observation Intervals11 Adaptive Methods for Estimating Empirical Thresholds; 12 Components of Sensitivity; 13 Statistics and Detection Theory; APPENDICES; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Detection Theory is an introduction to one of the most important tools for analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. Originally developed for evaluation of electronic detection, detection theory was adopted by psychologists as a way to understand sensory decision making, then embraced by students of human memory. It has since been utilized in areas as diverse as animal



behavior and X-ray diagnosis.This book covers the basic principles of detection theory, with separate initial chapters on measuring detection and evaluating decision criteria. Som