The Use of Central-Composite Designs in Human Factors Engineering Experiments

Abstract

Central-composite experimental designs for exploring and fitting response surfaces were developed nearly twenty years ago. In spite of their successful applications in chemical and engineering research, these designs have been virtually ignored in human factors engineering experimentation. This is a serious oversight since these designs, as well as the whole concept of response surface methodology, are particularly suited for research relating human performance to equipment parameters. A study of the effects of three densor-display variables on the ability to recognize targets on a display is used to describe some of the valuable features of the central-composite design and to illustrate some of its advantages and disadvantages for human factors engineering research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0748277

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People

  • Charles W. Simon

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

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  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Biological Sciences
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Counters
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Experimental Design
  • Factorial Design
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Motor Skills
  • Recognition
  • Target Recognition
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design