Klarinet Archive - Posting 000820.txt from 1996/08

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Hearing the difference
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 17:50:06 -0400

Starr asks how I feel about a blind test. Given the proper controls
and an experimenter who knows what s/he is doing, I think they are fine.
But so far, unless I missed it, I have seen nothing on this subject
that even remotely suggested scientifically appropriate test to
confirm or deny any hypotheses. All I have seen (and commented on)
are "It sounds better to me" as if that were a useful or even correct
statement.

Did I miss something about blind tests? Did I zig when I should have
zagged?

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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