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| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Excuse me, I meant to write above "..blind testing is NOT a test methodology...". | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? djones51, and others, I wouldn't say that blind testing is a test methodology, but, rather, an experimental design control for confounding variables. Another option is to include those variables in the analysis and test for their effects directly.... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Me again. I commented above on the psychometric technique of Semantic Differential rating scales, which is the primary technique I use in assessing perception because it is easy for participants to use and it differentiates products along multiple... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Thank you, dletch2, for your post. There is much subtlety buried in these questions of perception. For instance, what is the difference between preference and liking? Liking (the "good" pole of the bipolar Semantic dimension of Valence) is always ... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? I'll jump in and add my point of view. I'm a cognitive psychologist and, also, appreciate good audio. As a psychologist I have worked most of my professional life quantifying people's perceptions of products using various psychometric techniques. ... | |
| I just bought a Steinway which sounds like a banjo. I am a Cognitive Psychologist and have spent most of my career measuring peoples' sensory and emotional responses to products. The aim has been to validate Marketing brand intent as well as to inform designers and engineers of possible gaps betwee... |