ANALYSIS OF A COMPLEX SKILL: VEHICLE DRIVING.

Abstract

A battery of twelve driving tests were constructed One hundred eighty subjects were divided into five groups on the basis of the number of hours members of each group drove a truck on a fatigue course after an initial test and prior to a retest on the battery. The fatigue periods were of zero, one, three, seven or nine hours duration. Pre- and post-fatigue test results were corre lated with hours of fatigue driving, where hours of-driving served as the test criterion. Test retest reliabilities ranged from .35 to .88. Validities reached a maximum of .38. Factor analysis was performed on the post-fatigue corre lation matrix. Proprioception, reaction-time, spatial orientation, response orientation, and multilimb coordination were identified as basic skills in vehicle driving. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 1963
Accession Number
AD0411205

Entities

People

  • Marvin J. Herbert

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Information Science
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Physiology
  • Proprioception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

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