Symposium on Air Force Human Engineering, Personnel and Training Research: Papers

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/21640

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National Research Council. 1955. Symposium on Air Force Human Engineering, Personnel and Training Research: Papers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/21640.

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326 pages | 5 x 9 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/21640

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-iv
Recognition of Shapes Following Paired-Associates Pretraining	1-9
Dark Adaptation as a Function of the Intensity and Distribution of Light Across the Preadaptation Field	10-16
Studies of Target Size and the Control of Psychomotor Behavior Through Systematic Transformation of Knowledge of Results	17-24
Development of an Individual Test of English for Foreign Students	25-30
A Preliminary Validation of a USAF Recruiting Salesman Selection Battery	31-34
A Method for Determining a Cell Proportion in a Multivariate Normal Distribution	35-47
Experimental Procedures for Increasing Reinforced Practice in Training Air Force Mechanics for an Electronic System	48-58
Effectiveness of Training Needs Tests as Aids in On-the-Job Training	59-64
The Background and Implications of the Systems Research Laboratory Studies	65-73
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Performance of a Complex Mental Task	74-81
The Perception of Direction as a Function of Binaural Temporal and Amplitude Disparity	82-89
A Theoretical Model to Explain Some Paired-Associate Learning DAta	90-98
A Simulation Method for Estimating Multivariate Probabilities	99-103
The Problem of Optimum Group Assembly	104-114
The Use of Statistical Decision Functions in Making Practical Decisions	115-124
Application of Auto-Correlation and Cross-Correlation Analysis to the Study of Tracking Behavior	125-141
Predicting Advanced Levels of Proficiency in Psychomotor Skills	142-151
Prediction of Pilot Training Performance--Aptitude Tests and Early Flying Proficiency Evaluations	152-159
Evaluation of a K-System Trouble-Shooting Trainer	160-165
Reliability and Intercorrelation Criteria for Item Selection	166-172
A Descriptive Study of Electronic Trouble Shooting	173-198
Time Sharing Between Auditory and Visual Channels	199-203
Predicting Speech Communication in Noise	204-210
The Identification and Discrimination of Components of Elementary Auditory Displays	211-220
A Framework for Problem Solving	221-228
Signal Similarity and Reception Errors in Early Morse Code Training	229-235
Shape Discrimination as a Function of Area and Luminance	236-243
Tracking With Intermittently Illuminated Stimuli	244-247
The Utilization of Class-Descriptive Cues in the Learning of Technical Information--Studies in Task Engineering	248-266
Two Studies in Evaluation of Maintenance Training Devices	267-275
Variables Related to Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Two Different Types of Problem Situation	276-285
Techniques for Studying Individual and Group Adaptation in Emergencies and Extreme Conditions	286-297
Evaluation of a Method for the Construction of Factor-Pure Aptitude Tests	298-305
The Effect of Positive Acceleration G on the Relation Between Illumination and Dial Reading	306-310
Subject Index	311-314
Author Index	315-315
Current Laboratory Affiliations of AFPTRC Authors	316-320

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