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IEORY OF SIGNAL DETECTABILITY
Tn the earlier discussion it has been mentioned that the modern psychologists
haye challenged the concept of threshold asit stands in classical psychophysics,
~ The basic limitation of the concept of threshold is that threshold varies from
trial to trial. It is because of this very reason that we have calculated the. iia renorcn e 2T
‘obtained in individual series while calculating it
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‘Table 2.6. ‘The Possible Outcomes ina “Yes-No™ Detection Experiment
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|The criterion set by the subject while giving his verbal report. The
factor is recognised by the classical psychophysicists but the result of the
sical experiment, however, is not dependent upon it. The contribu.
tion of SD is the recognition it gives to the second factor which is the
Criterion. This criterion is set by the subject’s expectancy, and is defined in
‘etms of observor’s expectation which
