Abstract
This paper discusses requirements for good experimental design in brightness matching tests. Experimental and null-condition data from paired-comparison brightness matching shows a systematic bias; a tendency for the stimulus to which observers apply dimming to be set to an illuminance below that of the reference stimulus. The error is small but statistically significant.
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