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Finite-state Markov sequences were constructed by a small digital computer, translated to interval-coded electrical pulse trains, and converted to sound. An adaptive stimulus programming procedure of variable step size, PEST, was employed to obtain interstate interval thresholds as a function of restrictions upon the internal structure of the sequences. These thresholds are not independent of the exit criterion for the adaptive procedure. An interactive approach is suggested for determining the exit criterion in order to protect the data against arbitrary decisions made by the E.
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This research was supported in part by Grant GB 6148 from the National Science Foundation. The writer is indebted to M. M. Taylor and C. D. Creelman for comments on the earlier examination of PEST, to Mrs. K. Weidner for supervising the experimental tests, and to Lon Radin for writing the computer program.
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Pollack, I. Methodological examination of the PEST (parametric estimation by sequential testing) procedure: II. Perception & Psychophysics 9, 229–230 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212638
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