THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL METHODS AND TESTS OF BASIC HUMAN ABILITIES

Abstract

This report describes further development in a series of studies being conducted to assess the effects of drugs on human performance. It covers the development of detailed statistical methods for the analysis of data gathered in two studies covering tests of 17 different basic abilities. In both studies, experimental subjects were given a 12 micrograms/kg IM injection of scopolamine, and performance following injection was compared with that of control subjects. Critical attention was given to the adequacy of the data obtained from each test and a series of recommendations for test improvements was given. An analysis of subject-by-treatment interactions in experimental group data led to recommendations to identify the factors which produce them in terms of stimulus or organismic parameters, and to develop means of controlling for them. Further recommendations were made regarding the study of inter-correlations among subjects and among tests to attempt to identify types of subjects and possible redundancy among tests in the batteries being used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1966
Accession Number
AD0480977

Entities

People

  • Edwin A. Fleishman
  • Edwin H. Elkin
  • Harold P. Van Cott
  • William J. Baker

Organizations

  • American Institutes for Research

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Visual Acuity

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