Elementary Signal Detection Theory

by Thomas D. Wickens

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195092503
• ISBN13: 9780195092509
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Intro

For people who have feared signal detection theory or just don't get why it is so popular among psychophysicists, this book has the answers. It is easy to read and the exercises at the end of each chapter help to solidify the concepts. The reader is left with a good understanding of signal detection and its many applications.