Description

This is an implementation of a simple adaptive (up/down) staircase procedure (Levitt, 1971) for use in Matlab. It allows for interleaving of multiple staircases and has been designed to be as flexible as possible.

I am currently incorporating support for scaled step sizes, but haven't had the time to test it yet, so the current online version lacks this support. Feel free to incorporate it and I'll add it with a credits comment.

Any comments on the code itself are welcome and I do like to hear success stories (with or without credits) to get a view of which fields / disciplines / experiments this toolbox has been used for.

Instructions for use

After downloading the toolbox, open the demo.m file -- it is fully commented and explains all options for use. Try running the demo for a simulation of data so you can check if it works.

See also

Not quite what you're looking for? Check out Prof. Hans Strasburger's overview of adaptive testing software for other options.

References

Levitt, H. (1971). Transformed up-down methods in psychoacoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 49(2):467-477.