Topic – Human Factors
Objectives
- Define the term human factors, and describe its goals
- Describe general design considerations for human-machine systems.
- Define the term allocation of function
- Describe various considerations involved in the allocation of functions in human-machine systems
- Describe the term Anthropometry
- Describe the following terms:
- Descriptive statistic
- Population and sample
- Percentile
- Distribution
- Describe various design strategies using anthropometric data
Summary
This covers very broadly the field of Human Factors (of which HCI is a subset). Basic anthropometry and use of statistics to describe a population and anthropometry are covered.
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Reference Materials
What is Human Factors Engineering – the field defined from a broad perspective at https://www.hfes.org/Web/EducationalResources/HFEdefinitionsmain.html
Anthropometry, it’s measures and it’s uses are all discussed in great detail at the Wikipedia article – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropometry
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