DECISION STRATEGIES IN AAW: I. ANALYSIS OF AIR THREAT JUDGMENTS AND WEAPONS ASSIGNMENTS.
Abstract
Strategies are investigated which were used by threat evaluators (trained in CIC procedures) in combining air-raid variables (range, course, bearing, speed, altitude, and composition) to arrive at a composite assessment of threat value. Sixty-three CIC Watch officers judged the similarity of all possible pairs of twenty air-raids in terms of threat. Each raid was also judged individually in terms of a nine-point scale of threat. A final judgment required selection of an action alternative to counter each raid. A multidimensional analysis of the paired data revealed one and possibly two variables to be operating in subject judgments. Low levels of reliability in judgments were observed for one-half of the sample. Action decision were found to be influenced by threat value and different weighted combinations of raid variables. Analysis of single raids revealed a priority ordering of raids for weapons assignment. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0482051
Entities
People
- Charles H. Debow
- Joseph W. Rigney
Organizations
- University of Southern California