Signal Detection Theory

Interactive Classroom Demo

Stimulus
12
0.50
500
250
Task: Is there a faint bright patch in the center of the noise?
Signal + Noise
Noise Only
Trial 0
Press Present Stimulus to begin
Keyboard: Space present   Y yes   N no
Performance
Respond "Yes"
Respond "No"
Signal
0Hit
0Miss
Noise
0False Alarm
0Correct Reject
Hit Rate
FA Rate
d'
Criterion (c)
Formulas (log-linear correction):
HR=(H+0.5)/(H+M+1)   FAR=(FA+0.5)/(FA+CR+1)
d'=z(HR)-z(FAR)   c=-0.5*[z(HR)+z(FAR)]
Raw rates shown; corrected rates used for d' and c
SDT Distributions (Estimated)
ROC Space
Trial Log