THE EFFECT OF INCREASING THE DIFFICULTY OF THE RPA TEST OF NIGHT VISION

Abstract

Results obtained on a group of 446 men given both the standard Radium Plaque Adaptometer test and also the same test at a brightness .20 log units lower than the standard, indicate that a much larger percentage of men will necessarily fail the test if the brightness is lowered. Classification based on a more difficult test has the same statistical properties as that based on the regular test, and consequently will doubtless be no more reliable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1945
Accession Number
AD0636636

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  • W. S. Verplanck

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  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brightness
  • Chi Square Test
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Field Tests
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Night Vision
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Submarine Bases

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  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mathematics or Statistics