Trainee and instructor task quantification: Development of quantitative indices and a predictive methodology.

On the relation between abilities, learning, and human performance.

“…Future studies will relate selected task characteristics to the abilities previously described. We already have shown that actual task performance can be reliably predicted by ratings of tasks in terms of such characteristics Wheaton, Mirabella, & Farina, 1971).…”

Simulator Fidelity: A Concept Paper

“…mn example of this two-fau;cor approach to the meas remenat of ficielity is the work of Wheaton, Mirabella, and farina (1971), Wheaton and Mirabella (1972), and Mirabella eajm Whcaton (J.974).…”

“…A series of four papers (Wheaton, Mirabella, & Farina, 1971;Wheaton & Mirabella, 1972;Mirabella & Wheaton, 1974;Prophet & Boyd, 1970) discuss task fidelity.…”

Ability requirements as a function of changes in the characteristics of an auditory signal identification task.

“…In an attempt to deal with these and similar problems, the work of Fleishman and his associates appears to offer some promising approaches. In a series of recent studies, these investigators have focused on the development of systems (taxonomies) for the description and classification of tasks (e.g., Farina & Wheaton, 1971;Fleishman, 1975;Levine, Romashko, & Fleishman, 1973;Theologus, Romashko, & Fleishman, 1970;Wheaton & Mirabella, 1972;Wheaton, Mirabella, & Farina, 1971). While several such systems were investigated, the two on which most extensive research was conducted provide for dimensional analysis of tasks in terms of (a) task characteristics, such as their display, procedural, and control dimensions, and (b) human abilities required for effective task performance.…”