A Methodology to Examine the Effects of Individual and Target Characteristic Factors on Marksmanship Task Performance Based Upon a Structural Shooting Model Framework

Abstract

This research proposal uses a broad-based literature survey and methodological approach to examining several different individual factor and target factor sets that may affect marksmanship task performance. Research including military studies, police and security forces, and elite shooters is discussed. The importance is to illuminate possible patterns of marksmanship within individual factors that can provide cleaner marksmanship and shooting data by cleaning it through the use of statistical covariates that are collected prior to shooting performance. The focus of this proposal is to introduce a structural shooting model framework and a methodology for future shooting studies that includes relevant individual factors and target characteristics for piggy backing onto existing and future marksmanship research studies and lines of effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 2020
Accession Number
AD1109688

Entities

People

  • David Scribner
  • Frank Morelli

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Psychology
  • Central Nervous System
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Command And Control
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Processes
  • Motor Skills
  • Nervous System
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • War Colleges

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