TROUBLESHOOTING STRATEGIES AND UTILITY FOR RISK,

Abstract

Sixty-one subjects were administered a battery of tasks which consisted of: (a) a paper and pencil troubleshooting task, (b) a selective concept formation task, (c) 10 tasks designed to provide indexes of utility for risk, and (d) 4 tasks of quantitative intellectual ability. Both the troubleshooting and concept formation tasks were scored for: (a) premature attempts at final solutions, (b) totally redundant information seeking moves, and (c) the average expected reduction in uncertainty provided by moves other than those considered above. In spite of relatively high reliabilities, parallel indexes of problem-solving efficiency were almost completely independent of one another. The various indexes of utility for risk appeared to be almost completely independent of one another. No single index, whether of utility for risk or intellectual ability, accunted for more than 20% of the variability on any of the indexes of problem-solving efficiency. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0424506

Entities

People

  • Kirk A. Johnson

Organizations

  • University of Cincinnati

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Concept Formation
  • Efficiency
  • High Reliability
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Reliability
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Troubleshooting
  • Uncertainty

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