An Information Processing Classification of Beyond-Visual-Range Air Intercepts

Houck, Michael R.; Whitaker, Leslie A.; Kendall, Robert

doi:10.1037/e640442009-001

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“…Based on these findings, extension to the multiplayer environment is now underway. As a first step in developing process measures of performance, Houck, Whitaker, and Kendall(1993) produced a taxonomy of task behaviors and cognitive processing requirements associated with the performance of a typical multiplayer air combat mission. Future efforts will attempt to relate measures derived from this classification to outcome measures.…”

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flight Simulators for Training Combat Skills: A Review

Bell¹,

Waag²

1998

The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

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Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. The military is focusing a great deal of effort on developing virtual world technologies that will allow training combat skills in flight simulators. Considerably less attention is being directed toward documenting the effectiveness of such training. In this article, we review Air Force and Navy efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of training the combat skills necessary for attack and fighter aircraft in flight simulators. The majority of these efforts indicate that simulation can be a valuable complement to the aircraft. Unfortunately, this conclusion is based primarily on opinion data from experienced aviators. REPORT DATEThere are very few transfer of training experiments, and those experiments have examined only a limited set of combat tasks. We also describe the typical paradigms used to conduct training evaluations and outline a multistep evaluation program for determining training effectiveness.

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flight Simulators for Training Combat Skills: A Review

Bell¹,

Waag²

1998

The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

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“…The criterion in the study consisted of peer and supervisor ratings of SA. The SA measures were developed (Houck et al 1991(Houck et al , 1993 from task analyses conducted by psychologists with the assistance of seven experienced F-15 pilots who served as subject matter experts (SMEs). Each of the pilot SMEs had more than 1,000 fighter aircraft hours.…”

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Pitfalls of Ability Research

Carretta

Ree

2001

Int J Selection Assessment

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Ability research in psychology can be fraught with pitfalls that lead to inappropriate conclusions. We identify several issues that lead to potential misinterpretation of results and suggest corrective solutions. These issues include lack of construct validity of the measures, misinterpretation of correlations and regression weights, lack of statistical power, failure to estimate cross-validation effects, and misinterpretation of factor analytic results.

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“…These SA simulator ratings were based upon 28 behavioral indicators for maintaining good SA (Houck, et al, 1993). The pilots' rankings were based upon their average rating over all engagements flown.…”

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“…During each mission, two subject matter experts (who were blind as to the squadron SA score of each flight lead) rated the flight lead's SA using a behavioral scale based on a task analysis performed by Houck, Whitaker, & Kendall (1993). A Pearson product moment correlation between the squadron SA scores and the SA scores obtained during simulated air combat mission is .56, demonstrating a significant relationship between squadron ratings of SA and SA as judged during the execution of simulated air combat missions.…”

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Investigating Communication and Situation Awareness in Air Combat

Schreiber¹,

Bell²,

Raspotnik

1998

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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In an exploratory study, we examined whether communication could distinguish between high-or low-situation awareness (SA) F-15 lead pilots. With aid from an assigned wingman and an air weapons controller, the lead pilots flew 36 simulated combat engagements. Two measures of SA were utilized. First, ratings of SA were obtained from the operational squadrons. Second, subject matter experts based SA ratings of 40 lead pilots on (a) 28 critical behaviors identified in a task analysis, and (b) behaviors such as communication. Subsequent rankings from both SA measures revealed that, during the simulated engagements, high-situation awareness pilots directed team members more frequently and requested more information. Despite the varied complex simulated engagements, communication patterns were stable; lead pilots' communications were similar for identical engagements that were flown both early and late in the study. Larger studies using a correlational approach with communication categorization are suggested.

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An Information Processing Classification of Beyond-Visual-Range Air Intercepts

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flight Simulators for Training Combat Skills: A Review

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flight Simulators for Training Combat Skills: A Review

Pitfalls of Ability Research

Investigating Communication and Situation Awareness in Air Combat

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