YAAP: yet another adaptive procedure.
YAAP is an implementation of an adaptive psychophysical method, based on Bayesian statistics, for estimating the threshold of a psychometric function. On the basis of Bayesian probability intervals, a dynamic termination criterion allows for threshold estimation within pre-specified confidence limits.
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Institut für Mediznische Psychologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Goethestr 31, D-80336 München, Germany. bernhard@imp.med.uni-muenchen.de
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D008433:Mathematics; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D011601:Psychophysics / Q000379:methods*