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Conceptual foundations of human factors measurement / David Meister.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meister, David.
- Series:
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human engineering.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
- Summary:
- David Meister, a leader in the field of Human Factors, writes a provacative bk about the state of the discipline and hopes to foster development and progress in the field & their means of experimental measurement.
- Contents:
- What Is Special About HF Measurement? 2
- Why Is Measurement Important? 4
- Elements of the Measurement System 4
- The Conceptual Foundations of HF Measurement 14
- 2. Measurement Problems 26
- Measurement Phases and Functions 26
- HF Goals and the Selection of Research Themes 41
- The Role of Validation in Measurement 43
- The Relation Between Objective and Subjective Measurement 46
- Application and Utility in Research 48
- The Role of the Operational Environment in Measurement 51
- 3. The Conceptual Structure of the HF Professional 53
- Characteristics of the Conceptual Structure 53
- The Survey 57
- 4. Unmanaged Performance Measurement 80
- Measurement Parameters 80
- 5. The Experiment and Other Objective Methods 97
- 6. Subjective and Related Methods 126
- The Singularity of Subjectivism 129
- What Are the Subjective Methods? 130
- Observation 131
- Inspection 137
- The Interview/Questionnaire 142
- Judgmental Methods 150
- Human Performance System Models 155
- Forensic Investigation 163
- Critical Incident Technique 166
- 7. Measures 169
- Measure Characteristics 177
- Criteria 183
- Assumptions Underlying Measures 185
- Questions Asked in Measure Selection 190
- Measures at Varying System Levels 191
- 8. Research Users 197
- Research Utility 197
- The User Survey 206
- A Little History 216
- Human Factors Tensions 218
- A Theory of Human-System Functioning 223
- Recommendations 228.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-235) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805841350
- OCLC:
- 52251463
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