"Elementary Signal Detection Theory" by Thomas D. Wickens
"Elementary Signal Detection Theory" by Thomas D. Wickens
OxfUni Press | 2002 | ISBN: 0195092503 9780195092509 9780195357806 | 277 pages | PDF | 12 MB
OxfUni Press | 2002 | ISBN: 0195092503 9780195092509 9780195357806 | 277 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to the most important aspects of signal-detection theory. This book is a primer on signal detection theory, useful for both undergraduates and graduate students. An interesting finding of this work is that decisions are involved even in the simplest of discrimination tasks–say, determining whether or not a sound has been heard (a yes-no decision).
Detection theory has been applied to a host of varied problems (for example, measuring the accuracy of diagnostic systems, survey research, reliability of lie detection tests) and extends far beyond the detection of signals.
Contents
Preface
1 The signal-detection model
2 The equal-variance Gaussian model
3 Operating characteristics and the Gaussian model
4 Measures of detection performance
5 Confidence ratings
6 Forced-choice procedures
7 Discrimination and identification
8 Finite-state models
9 Likelihoods and likelihood ratios
10 Multidimensional stimuli
11 Statistical treatment
Appendix: A summary of probability theory
References
Index
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