Forced-choice staircases with fixed step sizes: Asymptotic and small-sample properties

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1861-1881

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive staircases; Efficiency; Error; Forced choice; Simulation techniques; Threshold estimates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0039965231     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00340-4     Document Type: Article

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