The method of constant stimuli is inefficient
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Perception & Psychophysics
- Vol. 47 (1) , 87-91
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03208169
Abstract
Simpson (1988) has argued that the method of constant stimuli is as efficient as adaptive methods of threshold estimation, and has supported this claim with simulations. We show that Simpson’s simulations are not a reasonable model of the experimental process, and that more plausible simulations confirm that adaptive methods are much more efficient than the method of constant stimu1i.Keywords
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