Learning Aptitude, Error Tolerance, and Achievement Level as Factors of Performance in a Visual-Tracking Task

Abstract

This paper presents results from an investigation of learning effects and operator tolerance for error as confounding factors in measuring visual tracking skill. Subjects were 20 students and 9 attritees from Army helicopter pilot training. Results supported an hypothesis that existing test procedures allowed for the confounding of learning and changes in tolerance for error with baseline estimates of operator tracking skill. Modified testing and statistical procedures are recommanded. Information on individual differences in tolerance for error are seen as a potentially useful predictor of success in pilot training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081973

Entities

People

  • Brian D. Shipley Jr.

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Sticks
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Performance Tests
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Test Methods
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Training Management

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • STEM Education
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.