Instrumentation for Human Factors Measurement in the Tropics IV: A Short Land Navigation Test
Abstract
A Short Land Navigation Test Course was established in the Republic of Panama jungle to serve as a performance-decrement measure for soldiers who carry materiel items on portability tests at the US Army Tropic Test Center (USATTC). The land navigation test contained six segments within an 80-foot- radius circle in the tropic forest. Four different six-segment problems were compared for degree of difficulty using four types of scores. There were no differences in difficulty among the four problems. The land navigation test produced significantly reliable scores and sufficiently small standard errors of measurement to be useful as a performance-decrement measure in conjunction with portability tests in tropic forests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA150810
Entities
People
- Charles M. Kindick
- Roger L. Williamson