Boater Decision Making

Abstract

This report summarizes work completed under the task entitled 'Boater Decision Making' for the U.S. Coast Guard. Phase I presents the results from the analysis of 47 in-depth accident investigations involving capsizings, sinkings, and swampings to determine whether any common causes existed and if boat design changes would have prevented the accident. Phase II gives results from interviews and observations of boaters in decision-making situations. Phase III was an experiment directed toward determining the effect of boat design changes on a boater's risk-taking behavior.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA040970

Entities

People

  • C. Stiehl
  • G. Lancaster
  • M. Pfauth

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Capsizing
  • Chi Square Test
  • Coast Guard
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Science
  • Frequency
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Judgment
  • Motivation
  • Observation
  • Personality
  • Risk
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.