Further Development of Automated GAT-1 Performance Measures

Abstract

The report describes a systematic, statistically-directed search for automated flight measurements that correlate with pilot proficiency. The approach is based on two separate experiments carried out in a GAT-1 trainer: a basic experiment (Experiment 1) with 326 measurements on each of 30 Ss in three experience groups and an expanded experiment (Experiment 2) with 2436 measurements on each of 30 new S from the same three experience groups. Experiment 1 consisted of four different flight tasks, each about 10 minutes long, and Experiment 2 consisted of these and six additional tasks. Tables of more than 400 important measurements are given with group means and standard deviations and further cross-tabulations to show which tasks and families of measurements are best at discriminating among pilots. Three different statistical methods were used to select a set of measurements from Experiment 1. Applying the canonical variables to the repeated measurements of Experiment 2 allowed several deductions about the best selection procedure to be made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783240

Entities

People

  • Edward E. Eddowes
  • John W. Hill

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Flight Training
  • Frequency
  • Glide Slope
  • Information Science
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Phase Shift
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Regression Analysis.