Guide to Methodology in Ergonomics: Designing for Human Use

✍ Scribed by Neville A. Stanton, Mark Young

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 153
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The evaluation and assessment of appropriate design approaches for usable human-machine interfaces is at the heart of ergonomics. A Guide to Methodology in Ergonomics arises from work, carried out by Neville Stanton for the EPSRC/Department of Transport, to compile and review a pool of methodologies currently used throughout the human factors world. The book describes this range of methodologies, and provides evidence of ''real-world'' validity and reliability. The costs and benefits for each are assessed, as are the usability and applicability. ''A Guide to Methodology in Ergonomics'' will be an invaluable resource for professional ergonomists, students at masters and post-graduate levels, and industry and business professionals undertaking in-house ergonomic evaluations.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
How to use this book......Page 13
Ford 7000 RDS-EON......Page 19
Sharp RG-F832E......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Case Studies......Page 32
Keystroke level model (KLM)......Page 34
Link analysis......Page 39
Checklists......Page 45
Predictive human error analysis (PHEA)......Page 50
Observation......Page 61
Questionnaires......Page 66
Hierarchical task analysis (HTA)......Page 72
Repertory grids......Page 89
Task analysis for error identification (TAFEI)......Page 93
Layout analysis......Page 101
Interviews......Page 108
Heuristics......Page 115
Utility Analysis......Page 120
Training, Reliability and Validity......Page 128
Epilogue......Page 140
Glossary......Page 142
Bibliography......Page 144
Index......Page 148