There has been a long and continuing interest in psychomotor batteries as a viable means to improve behavioral assessment and prediction in a variety of task situations. The present paper describes the conceptual framework and a methodology which contributed to the development of a general purpose psychomotor battery. The tasks which comprise the psychomotor battery at the present time include a velocity estimation task, a four-choice discrimination task, an auditory vigilance task, and a recognition memory task. A description of each task within the battery is presented. Research on the battery has suggested the potential usefulness of the battery as a predictor of complex skill performance. A summary of the research which has been conducted on the psychomotor battery, as well as future research planned, are discussed.
In this paper, a procedure for determining the percentage excluded from a seat-console design, given the percentage excluded on individual dimensions is described. Seven critical anthropometric variables for seat-console design were identified. A “computerized accommodated percentage evaluation (CAPE)” model was used to determine the percentage excluded on the total design of a seat console as critical limits were imposed on each individual anthropometric dimension. Results of this paper are applicable to meeting MIL-STD-1472B criteria for accommodating 90 percent of the potential user population.
In the future the Human Factors specialist can expect to plan and conduct economic analysis-oriented training studies called cost and training effectiveness analyses (CTEA). This paper enumerates basic CTEA principles and describes a basic rifle marksmanship training study to illustrate their application.
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