Deciding the Adequacy of a Set of Tests for an Specific Assessment Situation. Decision-making Strategies

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
R. Esteve ◽  
A. Godoy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Response Mode ◽  
Information Load ◽  
Variable Pattern ◽  
Mode Effects ◽  
Moderator Effects ◽  
Specific Assessment ◽  
Information Board ◽  
Decision Importance

The aim of the present paper was to test the effects of response mode (choice vs. judgment) on decision-making strategies when subjects were faced with the task of deciding the adequacy of a set of tests for a specific assessment situation. Compared with choice, judgment was predicted to lead to more information sought, more time spent on the task, a less variable pattern of search, and a greater amount of interdimensional search. Three variables hypothesized as potential moderators of the response mode effects are also studied: time pressure, information load and decision importance. Using an information board, 300 subjects made decisions (choices and judgments) on tests for a concrete assessment situation, under high or low time pressure, high or low information load, and high or low decision importance. Response mode produced strong effects on all measures of decision behavior except for pattern of search. Moderator effects occurred for time pressure and information load.

Measuring strain response mode shapes with a continuous-scan LDV

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony B. Stanbridge ◽  
Milena Martarelli ◽  
David J. Ewins
Keyword(s):  
Response Mode ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Strain Response

Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of neurons in the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus during tonic and burst response mode

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Guido ◽  
S.-M. Lu ◽  
J.W. Vaughan ◽  
Dwayne W. Godwin ◽  
S. Murray Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Stimulus ◽  
Action Potentials ◽  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
Roc Curves ◽  
Response Mode ◽  
Burst Mode ◽  
Low Threshold Spike ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
Roc Area

AbstractRelay cells of the lateral geniculate nucleus respond to visual stimuli in one of two modes: burst and tonic. The burst mode depends on the activation of a voltage-dependent, Ca2+ conductance underlying the low threshold spike. This conductance is inactivated at depolarized membrane potentials, but when activated from hyperpolarized levels, it leads to a large, triangular, nearly all-or-none depolarization. Typically, riding its crest is a high-frequency barrage of action potentials. Low threshold spikes thus provide a nonlinear amplification allowing hyperpolarized relay neurons to respond to depolarizing inputs, including retinal EPSPs. In contrast, the tonic mode is characterized by a steady stream of unitary action potentials that more linearly reflects the visual stimulus. In this study, we tested possible differences in detection between response modes of 103 geniculate neurons by constructing receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for responses to visual stimuli (drifting sine-wave gratings and flashing spots). Detectability was determined from the ROC curves by computing the area under each curve, known as the ROC area. Most cells switched between modes during recording, evidently due to small shifts in membrane potential that affected the activation state of the low threshold spike. We found that the more often a cell responded in burst mode, the larger its ROC area. This was true for responses to optimal and nonoptimal visual stimuli, the latter including nonoptimal spatial frequencies and low stimulus contrasts. The larger ROC areas associated with burst mode were due to a reduced spontaneous activity and roughly equivalent level of visually evoked response when compared to tonic mode. We performed a within-cell analysis on a subset of 22 cells that switched modes during recording. Every cell, whether tested with a low contrast or high contrast visual stimulus exhibited a larger ROC area during its burst response mode than during its tonic mode. We conclude that burst responses better support signal detection than do tonic responses. Thus, burst responses, while less linear and perhaps less useful in providing a detailed analysis of visual stimuli, improve target detection. The tonic mode, with its more linear response, seems better suited for signal analysis rather than signal detection.

Effect of Response Mode on Projective Measures of Need Achievement and Hostile Press

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Teevan ◽  
Norman Greenfield ◽  
Barry D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Response Mode ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Oral Responses ◽  
Projective Measures

42 males and 19 females (14 to 16 yr. old) tape recorded or wrote their responses to 6 standard slides of TAT pictures. Oral responses yielded higher motive scores than written responses for nAch measures only. Males scored higher than females on total nAch. Response mode requires careful study.

Plates in Unilateral Contact With Simple Supports: Pressure Loading

1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Salamon ◽  
T. P. Pawlak ◽  
F. F. Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Unilateral Contact ◽  
Response Mode ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Simple Supports ◽  
Square Plate ◽  
Lift Off ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Shear Fields

The response of a square plate, simply and unilaterally supported, to pressure loading is numerically treated. The support system consists of discrete elastic springs whose stiffnesses range from near-rigid to compliant character. It is found that, except for rather low support stiffnesses, the plate will lift off the foundation. After demonstrating good agreement with a recent analytical work, the deflections and shear fields are provided. The response mode changes dramatically as the supports approach rigidity.

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