Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting (27th) on the Effect of Delayed Report on Subjective Ratings of Mental Workloads, Held at Norkfolk, VA on 10-14 October 1983.

Abstract

Forty-eight subjects performed a short-term memory task with several difficulty levels and provided either immediate or delayed ratings of workload via the Subjective Workload Assessment technique (SWAT) . Mean SWAT ratings did not vary significantly as a function of delayad report, but a substantial number of subjects gave delayed ratings that were discrepant from their immediate ratings. A counterbalancing effect in delayed ratings appears to have been a factor in the failure of the delay effect to reach significance. A secondary objective of this study was to examine the sensitivity of SWAT in a between-subjects design. SWAT ratings varied significantly as a function of task difficulty manipulations, supporting the sensitivity of SWAT to the workload of the conditions used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 14, 1983
Accession Number
ADA289438

Entities

People

  • F. T. Eggemeier
  • Mark S. Crabtree
  • Patricia A. Lapointe

Organizations

  • Wright State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Analysis
  • Errors
  • Flight Simulators
  • Intervals
  • Measurement
  • Numbers
  • Psychology
  • Sensitivity
  • Sequences
  • Square Roots
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training
  • Universities
  • Video Games
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.