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Guilty knowledge technique: Application of signal detection measures

Ben-Shakhar, Gerson, Lieblich, Israel, Kugelmass, Sol

Journal of Applied Psychology · 1969 · Volume 54 · Issue 5

DOI: 10.1037/h0029781

Abstract

Applied procedures for the computation of optimal cutoff points suggested by signal detection theory to an information detection situation with 60 undergraduates. The use of different payoff matrices relevant to a security screening situation and to a criminal court case produces different cutoff points to be used to classify the GSRs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

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