Human Performance and Biorhythms.

Abstract

Using a serial memory task, human performance and biorhythms were studied in the laboratory for a fifteen week period. The purpose of the experiment was to determine whether dependency between human performance and biorhythmic cycles existed for the subjects observed. Analysis of the data using the Chi-Square Contingency Test collected from 4 subjects showed a significant dependency at the .05 level existed between 2 of 3 biorhythmic cycles and human performance as well as near significant dependency existing for the third cycle and human performance. Further analysis using the X squared one sample test showed no significance between critical days and categories of performance at the .05 level. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA017537

Entities

People

  • William Wilson Cobb Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Motor Skills

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Mathematics or Statistics