Judgments Of The Relative Frequency Of Two Randon Sequential Events: Effects Of the Rate Of Presentation

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Title
Judgments Of The Relative Frequency Of Two Randon Sequential Events: Effects Of the Rate Of Presentation
Date
1961
Index Abstract
Contrails and DTIC
Photo Quality
Not Needed
Report Number
WADD TR 60-714
Creator
Erlick, Dwight E.
Palmore, James, Jr.
Corporate Author
Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Laboratory
Antioch College
Laboratory
Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Laboratory
Extent
12
Identifier
AD0255149
AD0255149
Access Rights
OTS
Distribution Classification
1
Contract
Laboratory Research - No Contract
DoD Project
6190
DoD Task
71556
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence
None
Report Availability
Full text available
Date Issued
1961-03
Abstract
The effect of presentation rate on a man's ability to determine which of two mutually exclusive random sequential events has occurred more frequently was investigated using rates of one, two, four and eight events per second. Two specific studies were carried out using the same relative differential frequencies between the events but varying the absolute number of events in the total series. The results indicate that the accuracy of perceiving the more frequent event decreases as the presentation rate of the events increases. The effect of rate also acted differently for a short and long series of events; as presentation rate increased, a short series of events showed a significantly steeper decline in accuracy than a long series of events.
Subject
Perception
Reasoning
Psychology
Sequences (Mathematics)
Theory
Publisher
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force
Distribution Conflict
No
Provenance
IIT
Type
report
Format
1 online resource