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up-and-down method

up-and-down method

a strategy in which the administration of a stimulus event or item depends on a participant’s response to the previous item. The up-and-down method employs fixed, discrete levels and sequential transition rules of moving one level up, moving one level down, or remaining at the current level. Computer adaptive testing is an example.

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