Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods
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Research suggests that ergonomists tend to restrict themselves to two or three of their favorite methods in the design of systems, despite a multitude of variations in the problems that they face. Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods delivers an authoritative and practical account of methods that incorporate human capabilities and limitations, envi

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PHYSICAL METHODS Physical Methods PLIBEL - The Method Assigned for Identification of Ergonomic Hazards Musculoskeletal Discomfort Surveys Used at NIOSH The Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (DMQ) Quick Exposure Checklist (QEC) for the Assessment of Workplace Risks for Work-Relate Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA)Rapid Entire Body AssessmentThe Strain Index Posture Checklist Using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Technology Scaling Experiences during Work: Perceived Exertion and Difficulty Muscle Fatigue Assessment: Functional Job Analysis Technique Psychophysical Tables: Lifting, Lowering, Pushing, Pulling, and Carrying Lumbar Motion Monitor The Occupational Repetitive Action (OCRA) Methods: OCRA Index and OCRA Checklist Assessment Of Exposure to Manual Patient Handling in Hospital Wards: MAPO INDEX (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patients) Psychophysiological Methods Psycho-Physiological Methods Electrodermal Measurement Electromyography (EMG) Estimating Mental Effort Using Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability Ambulatory EEG Methods and Sleepiness Assessing Brain Function and Mental Chronometry with Event-Related Potentials (ERP) MEG and fMRI Ambulatory Assessment of Blood Pressure to Evaluate Workload Monitoring Alertness by Eyelid Closure Measurement of Respiration in Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Behavioural and Cognitive Methods Applying Interviews to Usability Assessment Verbal Protocol Analysis Repertory Grid for Product Evaluation Focus Groups Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA) Allocation of Functions Critical Decision Method Applied Cognitive Work Analysis (ACWA) Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach (SHERPA) Task Analysis for Error Identification Mental Workload Multiple Resource Time Sharing Mode Path Analysis for Multimodal Activity Situation Awareness Measurement and the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique Team Methods Team Training Distributed Simulation Training for Teams Synthetic Task Environments for Teams: CERTT's UAV-STE Event-Based Approach to Training (EBAT) Team Building Measuring Team Knowledge Team Communications Analysis Questionnaires for Distributed Assessment of Team Mutual Awareness Team Decision Requirement Exercise: Making Team Decision Requirements Explicit David W. Klinger and Bianka B. HahnTargeted Acceptable Responses to Generated Events or Tasks (TARGETs) Behavioral Observation Scales (BOS) Team Situation Assessment Training for Adaptive Coordination Team Task Analysis Team Workload Social Network Analysis Environmental Methods Thermal Conditions Measurement Cold Stress Indices Heat Stress Indices Thermal Comfort IndicesIndoor Air Quality: Chemical Exposures Indoor Air Quality: Biological/Particulate-Phase Contaminant Exposure Assessment Methods Olfactometry: the Human Nose as Detection Instrument The Context and Foundation of Lighting Practice Photometric Characterization of the Luminous Environment Evaluating Office Lighting Rapid Sound-Quality Assessment of Background Noise Noise Reaction Indices and Assessment Noise and Human Behavior Occupational Vibration: a Concise Perspective Habitability Measurement in Space Vehicles and Earth Analogs Macroergonomic Methods Macroergonomic Organizational Questionnaire Survey (MOQS) Interview Method Focus Groups Laboratory Experiment Field Study and Field Experiment, Participatory Ergonomics (PE) Cognitive Walk-Through Method (CWM) Kansei Engineering HITOP Analysis (TM) TOP-Modeler (c) 2002The CIMOP System (c) 2002 Anthropotechnology Systems Analysis Tool (SAT) Macroergonomic Analysis of Structure (MAS) MacroErgonomic Analysis and Design (MEAD)

About the Author :
Neville Anthony Stanton (University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK) (Edited by) ,  Alan Hedge (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) (Edited by) ,  Karel Brookhuis (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) (Edited by) ,  Eduardo Salas (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) (Edited by) ,  Hal W. Hendrick (University of Southern California (Emeritus), Los Angeles, U) (Edited by)

Review :
"Hanbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods is one of the best resources to identify methods of tackling human factors (neck up) and ergonomics (neck down) problems encountered in greater society." -Professional Safety, Feb. 2006


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  • ISBN-13: 9780203489925
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press Inc
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 768
  • ISBN-10: 0203489926
  • Publisher Date: 30 Aug 2004
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 768


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