Checklist for Small Arms Research Design

Abstract

Researchers in the field of small arms (whether in uniform or not) often fall into one of two categories. Either they are small-arms subject matter experts (SMEs), who know much about small arms, but little about experimentation and the design of research; or they are scientists, who know a great deal about experimentation, but little about the variables that are important to the users of small arms. This report is intended to provide meaningful information to each of these groups. It gives the SME a very short course in, and overview of, experimental design. Various techniques that the researcher can use to gain control of a field setting are discussed. For the scientist, on the other hand, a list of important variables in the marksmanship and small arms domain is provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160847

Entities

People

  • James E. Schroeder

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Correlation Techniques
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Experimental Design
  • Factorial Design
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • Scientists
  • Small Arms
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Visibility

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Systems Analysis and Design