Development of a Taxonomy of Human Performance: The Task Characteristics Approach to Performance Prediction

Abstract

The development and evaluation of systems for describing and classifying tasks which can improve generalization of research results about human performance is essential for organizing, communicating, and implementing these research findings. The present report describes research undertaken to develop one such system--a task characteristics approach. Basic objectives were to develop descriptive characteristics of tasks; assess the reliability of rating scales devised to measure these characteristics; and determine if these characteristics represented correlates of performance. Major components of a task were identified and treated as categories within which to devise task characteristics or descriptors. Multiple correlations were obtained between task characteristic ratings and the performance measures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736191

Entities

People

  • Alfred J. Farina
  • Edwin A. Fleishman
  • George R. Wheaton

Organizations

  • American Institutes for Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Applied Psychology
  • Assembly Lines
  • Databases
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.