Passing Scores for the FAA ATCS Color Vision Test,

Abstract

In response to recommendations from the Office of Personnel Management for measures of normal color vision that reflects as closely as possible the functional color vision requirements for an air traffic controller (Christup, 1981), subtests which simulated ATC tasks were developed in three content areas: (1) aircraft colors for fuselage and lights, (2) color weather radar displays, and (3) navigational chart terrain elevations. Pickrel and Convey (1983) performed an item analysis on these subtests using data obtained from 41 persons with normal color vision as determined by their performance on the Pseudoisochromatic Plates Test (PIP) from the American Optical Corporation and 22 persons with defective color vision according to the PIP. The item parameters and the internal consistency reliability estimates obtained were satisfactory; however, minimum passing score for each of these tests and for a simple composite of all three. Originator-supplied keywords: Color vision tests; Minimum passing score; Terrain, Elevations; Color normal; Color defective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160889

Entities

People

  • J. J. Convey

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Classification
  • Color Vision
  • Composite Materials
  • Elevation
  • Intervals
  • Judgment
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Standards
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.