Application of Transfer Forecast Methods to Armor Training Devices

Abstract

The report is part of a research program by the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences to develop analytic tools for estimating training device effectiveness. To date, four analytic models under the heading 'TRAINVICE' have been developed, but their validity is still in question because predictor and criterion measurements available for validation studies are few. The authors of this report were able to get these measurements from transfer-of-training data gathered on fur training devices during the operational testing of an MK-60 gunnery trainer, the Videodisc Integrated Gunnery Simulator (VIGS). The findings indicate that TRAINVICE scores were reasonably consistent for each particular model between raters. However, particular components variables of each model showed low agreement between raters. The authors suggest that future research on transfer forecast models increase the reliability of the predictor measures, improve the criterion measurement environment, and determine the scale properties of the models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA172210

Entities

People

  • Cheri Wiggs
  • Daniel R. Tufano
  • James H. Harris
  • Patrick Ford

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Birds
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Gunnery Trainers
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recognition
  • Reliability
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Test Methods
  • Trainees
  • Training Devices

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.