The Term "Decision Criterion" Refers To

question 17

Multiple Choice

The term "decision criterion" refers to:

• A) the particular signal detection criteria a researcher used to determine an absolute threshold.
• B) how certain a person must feel that a stimulus is present before saying that it is present.
• C) the particular signal detection criteria a researcher used to determine a difference threshold.
• D) the difference between an absolute and a difference threshold used to determine if a stimulus is present.

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Definitions:

Binomial Experiment

An experiment or trial that can be reduced to two outcomes, success or failure, and is repeated a fixed number of times.

Continuous Random Variables

Variables capable of assuming any value within a specified range, with the potential for infinite variations.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a variable will take one of two independent values under a given set of parameters or conditions.

Independent Trials

Independent Trials are experiments or processes in which the outcome of any given trial does not affect the outcome of any other trial.