Performance Evaluation Tests for Environmental Research (PETER) Evaluation of 112 Measures.
Abstract
The goal of the Performance Evaluation Tests for Environmental Research (PETER) Program was to identify a set of measures of human cognitive, perceptual, and motor capabilities for use in the study of environmental and other time-course effects. Tasks were evaluated as suitable for repeated measures applications when their intertrial means, variances, and correlations were well-behaved under constant baseline conditions. The results of this program are documented in more than 90 reports. This report provides an evaluation of 112 measures studied in the PETER Program. They are categorized into four groups based upon consideration of task stability and task definition. The Recommended category contained 30 measures that clearly obtained total stabilization and had an acceptable level of reliability efficiency (i.e., rxx greater than .50, normalized to a three minute administration). The Acceptable-But-Redundant category contained 15 measures that met the same requirements as those in the Recommended category but were found redundant. The 35 measures in the Marginal category usually had desirable features which were outweighted by faults. The 32 measures in the Unacceptable category were characterized by either differential instability or weak reliability efficiency (rxx less than .15). Originator supplied keywords include: Behavioral science, Psychology, Human factors engineering, Human performance, Repeated measures, Psychological tests, Cognitive tests, Psychomotor tests, Perceptual tests, Test construction, Environmental tests, Test batteries.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA152317
Entities
People
- A. C. Bittner Jr.
- M. Krause
- M. M. Harbeson
- R. C. Carter
- R. S. Kennedy