[Investigation of demands in data and text processing by an ergonomic job description questionnaire (DT-EIJDQ)...

A questionnaire for Ergonomic Job Description is developed for the area of text and data processing. The contents and structure of the method are described and its applicability is demonstrated in a field study. To interprete the data, methods of cluster, profile, and factor analyses are used. The jobs for which the data have been collected are classified according to their specific demands by the use of factor analysis. Further applications of the method are outlined.