Statistical information, uncertainty, and Bayes' theorem: Some applications in experimental psychology
D Laming�- European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative�…, 2001 - Springer
D Laming
European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning and�…, 2001•SpringerThis paper contains, first, a brief formal exploration of the relationships between information
(statistically defined), statistical hypothesis testing, the channel capacity of a communication
system, and uncertainty. Thereafter several applications of these ideas in experimental
psychology are examined. The applications are grouped under “Mathematical theories that
are not matched to the psychological task”,“The human observer treated as a physical
system”, and “Bayes' theorem”.
(statistically defined), statistical hypothesis testing, the channel capacity of a communication
system, and uncertainty. Thereafter several applications of these ideas in experimental
psychology are examined. The applications are grouped under “Mathematical theories that
are not matched to the psychological task”,“The human observer treated as a physical
system”, and “Bayes' theorem”.
Abstract
This paper contains, first, a brief formal exploration of the relationships between information (statistically defined), statistical hypothesis testing, the channel capacity of a communication system, and uncertainty. Thereafter several applications of these ideas in experimental psychology are examined. The applications are grouped under “Mathematical theories that are not matched to the psychological task”, “The human observer treated as a physical system”, and “Bayes’ theorem”.
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