Reliability, Accuracy, and Refractoriness of a Transit Reaction

Abstract

Abstract Two experiments were conducted to obtain further information on transit reactions. Analysis of results revealed that: (1) Test-retest reliabilities were high enough (.95-.84) to suggest passable reliabilities for transit measures; (2) the absolute error for performance with knowledge of results was significantly smaller than that for performance without knowledge of results; (3) performance with and without knowledge of results was remarkably free of systematic biases; (4) the introduction of catch trials increased the absolute and constant errors; and (5) the estimated threshold refractory period was 166 msec.