The version of the method of limits called the staircase method is efficient because it concentrates responses around the threshold.

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The staircase method is efficient because it adjusts the stimulus intensity in response to the participant's answers, honing in on the threshold level by decreasing the step size as it approaches the threshold, thus concentrating responses around that threshold.

The Version of the Method of Limits Called the Staircase