Re: ADAPTIVE SAME-DIFFERENT Procedures? (Jeremy Gaston )

Subject: Re: ADAPTIVE SAME-DIFFERENT Procedures?
From:    Jeremy Gaston  <jgaston1@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Thu, 18 May 2006 12:33:11 -0400

See:

Levit, H. (1971). Transformed up-down methods in psychoacoustics. 
Journal of the Acoustical         Society of America, 49(2), 467-477.

Jeremy Gaston
Dept. of Psychology
Binghamton University
  
Manon Grube wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am not sure if I've only not come across it, or if there really isn't
> much out there on 
> Combining an ADAPTIVE tracking with a SAME or DIFFERENT decision (where
> there are equal numbers of same and different trials) - NOT with an ODD
> ONE OUT decision (where there is always a, albeit declining,
> difference)?
>
> My best guess at the moment is that a classical 2 down 1 up tracking
> algorithm for example could be turned into a 1 different and 1 same
> correct (hit and correct rejection) to get one level down and, 1 wrong,
> be it same or different (false alarm or miss), to move one level up.
>
>
> Thanks a lot for any comments and references on this!
>
> Cheers
> Manon
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> Manon Grube
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