DEFINING LEVEL-OF-AUTOMATION FOR CHECKOUT EQUIPME%T. A SCALING APPROACH,
Abstract
In an attempt to determine if different professional groups use differing subjective scales for defining ''level of automation'' of checkout equipment, 19 engineering psychologists and 19 design engineers were administered a pairedcomparisons judgment task consisting of cards containing phases indicating various levels of man-machine automation. The resulting scaled responses for both groups contained rank-order inversions of an original intuitively developed scale. Intervals between scale points also differed between the groups. As a result of these findings, if Air Force requirements are specified for automation level of checkout equipment in weapon systems development programs, the type of raters involved and the associaced potential problems of interdisciplinary communications between professions should be considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0420577
Entities
People
- Donald A. Topmiller
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory