Elementary Signal Detection Theory

This book is a primer on signal detection theory, useful for both undergraduates and graduate students.

Signal detection theory, as developed in electrical engineering and based on statistical decision theory, was first applied to human sensory discrimination about 40 years ago. The theory's intent was to explain how humans discriminate and how we might use reliable measures to quantify this ability. 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.

Features:

• Requires no specialized knowledge or familiarity with the theory
• Useful for both instructors and researchers in the field
• Presents numerical examples after the introduction of each important concept or model application

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Wickens, Thomas D.

ISBN:

978-0-19-509250-9

Specialty:

• Cognitive Psychology
• Perception
• Probability & Statistics
• Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

288

Publication Year:

2001