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Performance Evaluation Tests for Environmental Research (PETER): evaluation of 114 measures
A C Bittner1, R C Carter, R S Kennedy
1Analytics, Inc., Willow Grove, PA 19090, USA.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|January 1, 1986
Summary
The Performance Evaluation Tests for Environmental Research (PETER) Program identified 30 recommended human capability measures for environmental studies. These validated measures offer reliable efficiency for time-course effect research.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Health
- Human Performance Measurement
Background:
- Environmental research requires reliable measures of human capabilities.
- Time-course effects necessitate stable and valid assessment tools.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and categorize human capability measures for environmental research.
- To evaluate measures based on task stability and definition within the PETER Program.
Main Methods:
- Evaluated 114 human capability measures.
- Categorized measures into Recommended, Acceptable-But-Redundant, Marginal, and Unacceptable groups.
- Assessed measures based on task stability and reliability efficiency.
Main Results:
- 30 measures were categorized as Recommended, demonstrating total stabilization and acceptable reliability efficiency.
- 15 measures were Acceptable-But-Redundant.
- 37 measures were Marginal and 32 were Unacceptable due to instability or weak reliability.
Conclusions:
- The 30 Recommended measures are prioritized for environmental research applications.
- Utilize pre-experimental practice and stabilized reliability data in repeated-measures environmental studies.