Effect of Location, Procedural Explicitness, and Presentation Format on User Processing of and Compliance with Product Warnings and Instructions

Abstract

Two experiments examined the effect of three presentation factors on the attention to and compliance with on-product warnings and instructions: 1) the location of safety information relative to usage instructions, 2) the procedural explicitness of precautions, and 3) the presentation format of usage instructions (prose vs. numbered list). The experiments also examined user processing of product information during task performance and assessed the benefits of a user-oriented approach to warnings design relative to current practice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA342571

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  • James P. Frantz

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  • University of Michigan

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  • Biomedical

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  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
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  • Data Science
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  • Environmental Protection
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  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
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  • Task Performance And Analysis
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