Brian Scurfield's Abstracts
13 October 1995
Psychology Department Research Seminar
Abstract
The theory of signal detectability (TSD) was developed in the early 1950's by
engineers working on problems of radar and sonar dection. The theory solved the
long-standing problem of distinguishing between detectability and decisional
bias, and provided independent measures of each. Unfortunately, a major
limitation of conventional TSD is that it can be applied only to detection
problems involving two events. The purpose of this talk is to present the
generalization of TSD to detection problems involving an arbitrary number of
events. The generalization provides a new means to analyze a broad range of
psychological data.
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