An adaptive inference strategy: The case of auditory data

By way o f an example some of the basic features in the derivation and use o f adaptive inferential methods are demonstrated.The focus o f this paper is dyadic (coupled) data in auditory and perceptual research. We present: (a) why oneshould not use the conventional methods, (b) a derivation of an adaptive method, and (c) how the new adaptive methodworks with the example data. In the concluding remarks we draw attention to the work o f Professor George Barnardwho provided the adaptive inference strategy in the context of the Behrens-Fisher problem — testing the equality ofmeans when one doesn’t want to assume that the variances are equal.