Both liberal and conservative response criteria distort threshold estimates and lower percent correct

Evidence

But as a novice reporter in Uganda, I initially approached my subjects—back then, primarily survivors of the civil war—with a mix of alienating emotions. Sympathy, for the suffering they had endured, which usually turned into pity, and a blend of disbelief and bewilderment that they had come through to the other side, mostly intact, still able to laugh and feel joy and express compassion for strangers. — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 12 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Response bias shifts audiometric thresholds away from a patient’s true hearing abilities; A psychophysical detection threshold does not ensure subjective meaningfulness of the change; Pity and bewilderment distort rather than enable reporting — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 12

Related

• Neither conservative nor liberal response bias yields accurate hearing thresholds (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Response bias shifts audiometric thresholds away from a patient’s true hearing abilities #exemplifies (0.85)
• A psychophysical detection threshold does not ensure subjective meaningfulness of the change #expands (0.75)
• Pity and bewilderment distort rather than enable reporting #exemplifies (0.72) — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 12