Citation

Raouf A, Tsui J. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1978; 22(1): 355-359.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/107118137802200196

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Applications of Index of Difficulty (I.D.) developed by Fitts are well documented in the literature. The effect of Choice Uncertainity (H)on 'reach.' type of elements has also been investigated as well. The unit of measurement used for H and I.D. is the same i.e. bit. There are many instances where a worker is required to perform a task involving I.D. and H. To study the effect of I.D. and H on performance time in a Combined Manual and Decision Task involving 'move' and 'positioning' a set of experiments were conducted. Twenty subjects, ten male and ten female, were tested. Each subject performed under six I.D. levels and four H levels. To avoid confusion I.D. was measured in IBITS. (I.D. = log2 2A/W IBITS) I.D. and H were found to significant variables effecting performance time. Sex of the subjects was not found to be a significant variable. A linear prediction model for estimating performance time for tasks involving I.D. and H i.e. move and positioning has been developed.

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