MIE1403H: Analytical Methods in Human Factors Research

The course covers a variety of topics in Human Factors/Ergonomics research related to the acquiring, analzsing, and modelling of human behavioural data. Topics to be covered include the following (in approximate order of presentation): Selecting Measures for Human Factors Research; Psychophysical methods of measurement: Classical psychophysical methods, Signal Detection Theory, Indirect and direct subjective scaling; Protocol Analysis, Interviewing and Questionnaires, Knowledge Elicitation; Estimating mental workload and situational awareness; Manual Control, Tracking paradigms, Modelling of human manual control performance.

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St. George