Individual Differences and Time-Sharing Ability: A Critical Review and Analysis.

Abstract

Statistical methods employed to test individual differences in dual-task performance and the existence of a general time-sharing ability are reviewed and extensively critiqued. Specifically, both the types of data being collected and the types of procedures used in data analysis have been inadequate to the critical evaluation of a hypothetical 'time-sharing' ability. Serious problems resulting from unsophisticated use of correlational and factor analytic procedures in methodology and analysis are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA115082

Entities

People

  • Christopher Dow Wickens
  • Phillip L. Ackerman
  • Walter Schneider

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Experimental Design
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design