The Relationship between Effort Rating and Performance in a Critical Tracking Task.

Abstract

This report documents the results of a preliminary evaluation of a Pilot Objective/Subjective Workload Assessment Technique (POSWAT). The study employed a critical tracking task, in which 24 subjects (pilots and nonpilots) viewed an analog display of the error between operator input and system output while correcting with opposite pressure on a joystick. The purpose was to determine if there was a relationship between participant responses on a 10-point scale administered during task performance and tracking task difficulty. It is generally concluded that POSWAT used for measuring effort rating and rating delay on a regular basis during this experiment is minimally intrusive, is informative, and merits further evaluation in a cockpit environment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122201

Entities

People

  • Bruce Rosenberg
  • Earl Stein
  • Jacqueline Rehmann

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Analog Computers
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Displays
  • Diagrams
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience