Human Factors Questionnaire
INTRODUCTION: Hello, may I speak to . My name is and I'm calling from the Survey Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois. We're doing a survey for the National Research Council about the tasks performed by people in the human factors field and I'd like to ask you some questions.
1. In your current position are you primarily concerned with human factors? That is, human capabilities and limitations related to the design of operations, systems or devices?
Yes........................................... 1
No ........................................... 2
2. Do you supervise any people who perform human factors activities?
Yes........................................... 1
No ........................................... 2
IF ''NO'' TO Q.1 AND Q.2 END INTERVIEW
3a. Are you employed in a private business, an educational institution, a government agency, or something else?
Private business (Skip to Q.4a)...................... 1
Educational institution ................................... 2
Government agency (Skip to Q.4a)................. 3
Something else (Specify) (SKIP to Q.4a)........ 4
3b. Do you do paid consulting on human factors problems outside your institution?
Yes (GO TO VERSION 2)......................... 1
No (END INTERVIEW)............................ 2
4a. How many hours a week do you usually work as part of your job? Hrs.
4b. During the past year, what is the main area in which you personally have worked? Is it aerospace, communications, computers, industrial processes, health and safety, land vehicles or transportation, ships, or something else? (Accept up to two answers.)
Aerospace..................................... 1
Communications............................. 2
Computers...................................... 3
Industrial processes......................... 4
Health and safety............................ 5
Land vehicles or transportation......... 6
Ships............................................... 7
Something else (SPECIFY).............. 9
5. What percentage of your own work is related to military systems?
%
(ASK ONLY IF "PRIVATE BUSINESS" IN Q.3A)
6. What percent of your work is funded by contracts from outside your company?
%
7. Are you currently working on any MANPRINT, HARDMAN, RAM-PARTS, or IMPACT programs?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.9)........................... 1
No ................................................... 2
8. Do you expect to work on any of these programs in the future?
Yes......................................... 1
No.......................................... 2
9. What is your current job title?
10a. How many years have you held this job?
Years
If less than one year
10b. How many months?
Months
11. What was the title of the job you held just before this one?
... 1
No previous job (SKIP TO Q.16)........... 2
12. In that job were you primarily concerned with human factors?
Yes........................................ 1
No......................................... 2
13. Was that in the same organization for which you now work?
Yes (SKIP TO Q. 16)........................ 1
No.................................................... 2
14. Was that in ....
A private business.............................. 1
An educational institution.................. 2
A government agency, or.................... 3
Something else? (Specify).................. 4
15. What percentage of your work there was related to military systems?
%
16. Do you consider yourself to be a human factors specialist or something else?
Human factors specialist................... 1
Something else (Specify)................... 2
17. How important is human factors to the project which you spend most of your time working on (or have just completed)? On a scale of 1 through 7, where one means not at all important and seven means very important, how would you rate its importance?
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Not at all important |
Very important |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRESENT JOB.
18a. Do you yourself (READ ITEMS 18-1 through 18-53 below) as part of your present job? You may just want to refer to the list we sent you and read the number by the tasks you perform. Yes=1 No=2
18b. How important a part of your present job is ( )? If 1 means not at all important and 7 means very important, where would you put this task?
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Not at all important |
Very important |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
18c. Where did you learn about ( )? Was it through...
Formal education...................................... 1
Continuing education................................. 2
Company training...................................... 3
Personal study, or...................................... 4
On the job experience................................ 5
OTHER (SPECIFY)................................. 6
(ACCEPT MULTIPLE RESPONSE; ENTER CODE NUMBER AND IF "OTHER," PLEASE SPECIFY ON LINE BELOW.)
18-1. (Do you yourself) Specify human user, operator, or maintainer requirements?
18-2. Analyze tasks?
18-3. Conduct network analyses?
18-4. Assess mental workload?
18-5. Assess physical workload?
18-6. Develop or conduct computer simulations?
18-7. Write or debug computer programs?
18-8. Perform human reliability analyses?
18-9. Analyze the effects of environmental stressors?
18-10. Apply human factors criteria and principles?
18-11. Verify design conformance to human factors specifications?
18-12. Prepare or review design drawings for conformance to human factors specifications?
18-13. Prepare design mockups?
18-14. Design human-equipment interfaces?
18-15. Design workspace layouts?
18-16. Prepare specifications for software?
18-17. Design software user interfaces?
18-18. Prepare product warnings?
18-19. Define instructional requirements?
18-20. Prepare instructional or procedural documents?
18-21. Specify training objectives?
18-22. Develop training content and instructional methods?
18-23. Design training aids?
18-24. Conduct training?
18-25. Assess the effectiveness of training (systems, courses, aids, simulators)?
18-26. Design simulation systems?
18-27. Specify evaluation objectives?
18-28. Plan and coordinate evaluations?
19-29. Design evaluations?
18-30. Develop criterion measures?
18-31. Design data collection procedures and questionnaires?
18-32. Specify or perform data analysis procedures and statistical tests?
18-33. Collect data in laboratory settings?
18-34. Collect data in field settings?
18-35. Interpret test and evaluation results?
18-36. Support product liability litigation?
18-37. Develop analytical models and methods?
18-38. Collect data on errors, failures, or accidents?
18-39. Conduct root cause analyses?
18-40. Perform failure-mode-and-effects analyses?
18-41. Develop and analyze fault trees?
18-42. Assess performance risks?
18-43. Perform safety analyses?
18-44. Perform human reliability analyses?
18-45. Prepare or contribute to written reports?
18-46. Evaluate reports written by others?
18-47. Prepare or contribute to project proposals?
18-48. Prepare and conduct oral presentations?
18-49. Prepare engineering drawings?
18-50. Interpret engineering drawings?
18-51. Review and summarize the results of previous research?
18-52. Develop hypotheses and theories?
18-53. Interpret research results?
19. What is your immediate supervisor's training and experience? Is it mainly in human factors, behavioral science, engineering, business, some other science, or something else? (Allow for more than one answer.)
Human factors.......................... 1
Behavioral Science................... 2
Engineering.............................. 3
Business................................... 4
Other Science........................... 5
Something else (Specify).......... 6
No immediate supervisor (SKIP TO Q.22A).... 7
20. How important does your supervisor consider human factors to be to the project on which you spend most of your time working (or you have just completed)? On a scale of 1 through 7, where one means not at all important and seven means very important, how would you rate it?
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Not at all important |
Very Important |
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Don't know |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
8 |
21. How much does your supervisor know about the field of human factors? If one means nothing at all and seven means a great deal, how would you rate him/her?
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Knows Nothing |
Knows A Great Deal |
Don't Know |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
8 |
22. I'm going to read you a list of some other kinds of people that you may interact with on your job. Do you have at least weekly interactions with....
Yes No
(a) Other human factors personnel?....... 1 ............ 2
(b) Marketing or sales staff?................... 1 ............ 2
(c) Industrial designers?......................... 1 ............ 2
(d) Systems analysts?............................. 1 ............. 2
(e) Engineers?........................................ 1 ............. 2
(f) If yes to 22e, what kind of engineers?
Yes No
(g) Health professionals? ..................................... 1 ....... 2
(h) Computer scientists or programmers? ............ 1 ....... 2
(i) Systems users? ............................................... 1 ....... 2
(j) Other types of people? ................................... 1 ....... 2
(Specify)
(If yes to 22a: How many of them are...
(l) your co-workers?
(n) subordinates? (Only if Yes to Q.2)
(o) clients?
(If no to Q.22a skip to Q.24)
23a. We are trying to add to our sample of human factors personnel. Could you give me the names of the human factors people you interact with on the job?
Yes.......................................... 1
No (Skip to Q.24).................... 2
23b. What are their names?
23c. Could you please tell me his/her telephone number
23d. Could you please tell me the name of the company he/she works for and its location?
Are there other human factors personnel with whom you interact on the job?
(23e-h) Name, Phone Number, Company and Location
(23i-l) Name, Phone Number, Company and Location
24a. In the past year was your salary on your current job before taxes...
Less than $50,000, or (SKIP TO Q.24f) ............... 1
More than $50,000 .............................................. 2
Exactly $50,000 (SKIP TO Q.25) ........................ 3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25) ................................ 8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25) ..................................... 9
24b. Was it
Less than $70,000, or ..........................................1
More than $70,000 (SKIP TO Q.24d)..................2
Exactly $70,000 (SKIP TO Q.25)........................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25) ...............................8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25).....................................9
24c. Was it less than $60,000?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.25) ...........................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.25).............................................2
Exactly $60,000 (SKIP TO Q.25)........................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25)................................8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25).....................................9
24d. Was it more than: $80,000?
Yes.....................................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.25)............................................2
Exactly $80,000 (SKIP TO Q.25).......................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25)..............................8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25)....................................9
24e. Was it more than $90,000?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.25)...........................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.25)............................................2
Exactly $90,000.................................................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25................................8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25)....................................9
24f. Was it....
Less than $30,000, or.........................................1
More than $30,000 (SKIP TO Q.24h)................2
Exactly $30,000 (SKIP TO Q.25).......................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25)...............................8
24g. Was it less than $20,000?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.25)...........................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.25.)...........................................2
Exactly $20,000 (SKIP TO Q.25).......................3
Don't know (SKIP TO Q.25)...............................8
Refused (SKIP TO Q.25)....................................9
24h. Was it more than $40,000?
Yes.....................................................................1
No......................................................................2
Exactly $40,000.................................................3
25. What was your annual salary before taxes on your previous job at the time you left it?
$
26a. Do you do any human factors consulting for payment in addition to your main job?
Yes.....................................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.27a)..........................................2
26b. IF YES: Did you earn more than $20,000 before taxes from consulting in the past year?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.27a).........................................1
No......................................................................2
Don't know.........................................................8
Refused .............................................................9
26c. Did you earn more than $10,000 before taxes from consulting in the past year?
Yes....................................................................1
No.....................................................................2
Don't know........................................................8
Refused..............................................................9
27a. In the next 5 years will you continue to be primarily involved with human factors or do you plan to do something else?
Continue to be primarily involved (Skip to Q.28 if supervisor or Q.44 if not supervisor)........................................................1
Do something else (specify) 2
27b. Why are you planning to do something else?
Question 28
TO BE ASKED ONLY IF RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWER ''YES'' TO Q.2, OTHERWISE SKIP TO Q.44
28a. You said you supervise people in your job. As part of that do you...
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Yes=1 |
No=2 |
28b. How important a part of your job is ( )? If 1 means not at all important and 7 means very important, where would you put this task?
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Not at all important |
Very important |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
28c. Where did you learn about ( )? Was it through...(ACCEPT MULTIPLE RESPONSES; ENTER CODE NUMBER AND IF "OTHER," PLEASE SPECIFY ON LINE BELOW.)
Formal education.............................................1
Continuing education......................................2
Company training............................................3
Personal study.................................................4
On the job experience......................................5
OTHER (SPECIFY)........................................6
(a) Select, assign, or train subordinates?
(d) Evaluate performance of subordinates?
(g) Set group objectives and monitor performance of subordinates?
(j) Manage proposal preparation and contract negotiation?
(m) Schedule and monitor project activities?
(p) Prepare and monitor budgets?
(s) Promote the use of human factors methods and information in projects?
29a. How many people do you supervise directly?
People
29b. Of those you supervise directly, how many are human factors specialists?
People
30a. Have you hired any new human factors personnel in the past six months?
Yes......................................................1
No (Skip to Q.31a)............................. 2
30b. IF YES: How many did you hire (in the past six months)?
Persons
31a. Do you or your unit have any current funded openings for human factors personnel?
Yes.....................................................1
No (Skip to Q.34a).............................2
31b. How many openings do you have?
Openings
32. Have you had any difficulty in finding qualified people to fill these jobs?
Yes.....................................................1
No (Skip to Q.34a).............................2
33. Were these serious or minor difficulties?
Serious...............................................1
Minor.................................................2
34a. (In addition to the openings you have) Does your unit have a need for additional human factors personnel to do the work you currently have but no funds for hiring?
Yes....................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.35a).........................2
34b. How many more people do you need?
People
35a. Have you had to let any human factors personnel go because of lack of work?
Yes......................................................1
No (Skip to Q.36a)............................. 2
35b. How many?
People
36. Could your unit generate additional projects if you had additional human factors personnel (not counting any people you have mentioned)?
Yes...................................................1
No (Skip to Q.38).............................2
37. How many people could you use?
People
38a. Two years from now, do you expect to employ more, fewer, or about the same number of human factors personnel than are currently employed?
More.................................................1
Less .................................................2
Same (Skip to Q.40).........................3
Don't Know (Skip to Q.40)..............4
38b. How many more (fewer)?
Persons
39a. How about five years from now? Do you think you will employ more, fewer, or the same number of human factors personnel than you employ now?
More...............................................1
Fewer..............................................2
Same (Skip to Q.40)........................3
Don't know (Skip to Q.40)..............8
39b. How many more (fewer)?
Persons
40. Consider the human factors personnel that you have hired in the past two years. Overall, how satisfied were you with their training and experience? If one means not at all satisfied and seven means very satisfied, how would you rate your satisfaction?
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Not at all satisfied |
Very satisfied |
Not Applicable |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
9 |
(Skip to Q.42a)
41a. Were there any skills or abilities that they were lacking when first came to work for you?
Yes................................................1
No (Skip to Q.42a)........................2
41b. IF YES: What were those skills?
42a. Are there topics in human factors university degree programs that you feel are not being taught or not being taught well enough?
Yes................................................1
No (Skip to Q.43a)........................2
Don't know (Skip to Q.43a)...........8
42b. What topics are these? [TAKE FIRST THREE]
43a. Does your unit have any ties with universities that teach human factors courses such as your offering internships to students, serving on advisory committees, or anything like that?
Yes..............................................1
No (Skip to Q.44)........................2
Does your unit Yes No
43b. Offer internships?.................................................................1 ......2
43c. Offer advising?......................................................................1 ......2
43d. Provide research contracts to universities?........................... 1......2
43e. Offer anything else to universities? (SPECIFY).................... 1......2
44. What areas do you think represent the next major human factors thrust?
[INTERVIEWER: PROBE FOR SPECIFIC AREAS]
(1)
(2)
Don't know................................ 8
FOR EACH AREA MENTIONED:
45. Is your organization currently working or preparing to work in the area of ?
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Yes |
No |
Mention 1..................................... 1.....2
Mention 2..................................... 1.....2
Now I would like to ask you some questions about your educational background.
46. What is the highest academic degree you've received?
Bachelor's....................................... 1
Master's.......................................... 2
Doctorate (Ph.D.)........................... 3
Other (Specify).............................. 4
47. From what school did you receive this degree?
48. In what department was that?
49. In what year did you receive that degree?
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50. In what area of concentration was that degree?
Human Factors............................ 1
Other (Specify)............................ 2
(ASK ONLY IF DEGREE RECEIVED SINCE 1984)
51. How well did your formal education prepare you for your first human factors job? If one means very poorly and seven means very well, how would you rank your formal education?
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Very Poorly |
Very Well |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
QUESTION 52:
The letter we sent you included a list of topics that are covered in some academic programs. In your formal education did you receive training in (INSERT TOPIC)? You may prefer to just read the numbers next to the topics you selected.
52a. Respondent received training in this topic in his/her formal education
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Yes = 1 |
No = 2 |
52b. (FOR EACH '"YES" IN Q.52A FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETED DEGREE ASK:)
How well was this topic covered in your formal education. If 1 means not very well and 7 means very well, how would you rank your training?
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Not Very Well |
Very Well |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
52c. Do you currently use in your present work?
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Yes = 1 |
No = 2 |
(01) Biomechanics
(02) Work physiology
(03) Anthropometry
(04) Visual processes
(05) Auditory processes
(06) Attention
(07) Perception
(08) Cognitive processes
(09) Motor abilities and limitations
(10) Learning
(11) Group dynamics
(12) Team performance
(13) Group problem solving
(14) Work design (motivation and reward structures)
(15) Physical environmental effects on behavior (such as temperature, noise, weightlessness)
(16) System requirements analysis
(17) Human needs analysis
(18) Function allocation
(19) Task analysis
(20) Workload analysis
(21) Operations research
(22) Error-failure-accident analysis
(23) Human reliability analysis
(24) Computer simulation
(25) Manual control theory
(26) Analytical models (such as signal detection theory, decision theory, GOMS)
(27) Organization impact analysis
(28) Experimental design
(29) Laboratory instrumentation
(30) Univariate statistics
(31) Multivariate statistics
(32) Usability evaluation
(33) Psychometrics
(34) Survey methods
(35) Physical measurement
(36) Physiological measurement
(37) Psychophysics and subjective measurement
(38) Time and motion study
(39) Design walk throughs
(40) Design checklists
(41) Design guidelines
(42) Development and use of mockups
(43) Software tools (UIMS)
(44) Instructional system design
(45) MANPRINT, HARDMAN, RAMPARTS, or IMPACT
(46) Health and safety
(47) Compute programming languages
(48) Computer internal architecture
(49) Artificial intelligence
(50) Speech recognition and synthesis
(51) CAD/CAM
(52) Technical writing and illustration
(53) Oral presentation
(54) Project management
(55) Cost estimation and budgeting
(56) Product liability law
(57) Negotiation
(58) Panel display design
(59) Computer display design
(60) Control design
(61) Hand tool design
(62) Computer input tool design
(63) Human-computer dialogue design
(64) Workstation design
(65) Facilities design
(66) Office automation
(67) Communication systems
(68) Transportation systems
(69) Aerospace systems
(70) Manufacturing and quality control
(71) Process control
(72) Command and control
(73) Teleoperations
(74) Robotics
(75) Maintainability
(76) Aging
(77) Handicapped
53. In the past five years, have you taken any human factors related continuing education courses? That would include courses offered by universities, professional organizations, or your employer?
Yes...............................................1
No (Skip to Q.58a).......................2
54a. What was the name of the course? (What was it about?)
54b. How long did the course last?
54d. Was the course offered by...
a university.....................................1
a professional association...............2
a private organization.....................3
your employer................................4
someone else..................................5
54e. How would you rate the quality of this course? If 1 is poor and 7 is superior, what rating would you give?
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Poor |
Superior |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
6 7 |
55a-e. (SAME AS 54 ABOVE)
56a-e. (SAME AS 54 ABOVE)
(NOTE: List only first 3 mentioned)
57. Are you getting as much continuing education as you would like?
Yes (SKIP TO Q.59)............................1
No........................................................2
58. Is that because of lack of course availability or something else, or both?
Lack of course availability....................1
Something else.....................................2
Both.....................................................3
59. Do you belong to any professional associations?
Yes.......................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.63).............................2
60. What professional associations do you belong to? [RECORD UP TO THREE]
1.
2.
3.
61. FOR EACH ASSOCIATION MENTIONED: In the past five years, have you ever attended any of the annual meetings of (association)?
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Yes |
No |
Association #1..........................................1.....2
Association #2..........................................1.....2
Association #3..........................................1.....2
62. Have you presented a paper or participated in a panel discussion at these meetings in the past five years?
Yes.....................................................1
No......................................................2
63. In the past five years, have you attended a workshop presented by a professional association?
Yes.....................................................1
No......................................................2
64. Are there any periodicals that you read on a regular basis that you find useful for your job?
Yes.....................................................1
No (Skip to Q.66)...............................2
65. IF YES: What are their names?
1.
2.
3.
66. In the course of your current job, are there any books that you refer to regularly?
Yes.....................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.68)...........................2
67. Which ones? [RECORD AUTHOR, TITLE, AND PUBLICATION DATE WHENEVER POSSIBLE]
1.
2.
3.
68. We are planning to talk with a sample of supervisors. Could you please give me your supervisor's name? (Ask R to verify spelling)
Name ........................................1
No Supervisor (SKIP TO Q.70)....................2
69. And what is his/her telephone number and extension?
Telephone Number ( )
Finally, we have just a couple of background questions to help us analyze the data.
70. In what year were you born?
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71. Are you...
White............................................................1
Black............................................................2
Hispanic.......................................................3
American Indian...........................................4
Asian, or.......................................................5
Something else?............................................6
Survey Research Laboratory University of Illinois Human Factors Survey University Questionnaire
(PLEASE CIRCLE ONE RESPONSE CODE FOR EACH QUESTION UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.)
1. With which department(s) is the human factors program currently affiliated?
2a. In addition to this (these) affiliation(s), does this program have formal or informal linkages to other departments such as joint faculty, cross-listing of courses or advisory committees?
Yes................................ 1
No (SKIP TO Q.3)..........2
2b. Please list the departments and describe the linkages.
Departments Linkages
3. In what year was the human factors program at your institution first established?
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4a. Since the establishment of the program, have there been any major changes in the program such as the addition or deletion of degrees, a change of departmental affiliation, etc.?
Yes.................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.5)..........2
4b. When did this occur?
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4c. What was the change?
5. What graduate degree programs do you currently offer?
PLEASE COMPLETE QUESTIONS 6-19b FOR EACH GRADUATE PROGRAM YOU LISTED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION 5. PLEASE COMPLETE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THESE PAGES, WHICH ARE ATTACHED, IF YOUR UNIVERSITY OFFERS MORE THAN ONE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN FACTORS.
DEGREE PROGRAM (PLEASE SPECIFY TITLE)
6. How many units are required to obtain this degree? (PLEASE SPECIFY IF SEMESTERS OR QUARTERS)
Units
7. How many of these units must be within each of the departments with which the human factors program is currently affiliated?
Departments Units Required
8a. Is a minor area required for this degree?
Yes............................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.9).....................................2
b. In what areas do students typically take their minor?
9. What courses are required for this degree? (IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE ATTACH A COMPLETE LIST OF REQUIRED COURSES)
10. What 3–4 electives are most frequently taken by human factors students working on this degree?
11a. Is a thesis required, optional, or not required as part of this program?
Required (SKIP TO Q.12)..........................1
Optional.....................................................2
Not required (SKIP TO Q.13a)...................3
11b. What percentage of your students have chosen the non-thesis option in the past two years?
%
12. Thinking of the last few theses, were they based on...
Laboratory experiments...............................1
Field research, or.........................................2
Something else? (PLEASE SPECIFY).........3
13a. Is practical experience required for this degree?
Yes...............................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.14a)....................................2
13b. What kind of practical experience is required?
14a. For this degree, would you say that greater emphasis is placed on basic theory or on applied topics, or is there about equal emphasis on both?
Emphasis on theory......................................1
Emphasis on applied topics..........................2
Equal emphasis on both...............................3
14b. What specialties do you emphasize in this program?
15. How many years does it take the average student with a B.A. to get his or her degree in this program?
Years
16. How many students graduated from this program last year?
Students
17. What percentage of these students were unemployed or employed in a non-related field within six months after graduation?
%
18. Among those students who were employed in the human factors field, what percent found jobs in each of the following?
Government.............................................. %
University................................................. %
Consulting................................................ %
Private business/industry.......................... %
Something else (PLEASE SPECIFY) %
19a. What percentage of the students who start this program drop out before completion?
%
(IF ''0,'' SKIP TO Q.20a)
19b. Are these dropouts mainly doing human factors work or something else?
PLEASE COMPLETE QUESTIONS 6-19b FOR EACH DEGREE PROGRAM. USE ADDITIONAL PAGES SUPPLIED
20a. Do you have an undergraduate human factors program, concentration, or minor?
Yes........................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.22) ..............................2
21. What is the name of that program?
22. What specific human factors-related computer programs do your students (both graduate and undergraduate) learn to use?
23a. What human factors laboratories do you have?
23b. What needs does your human factors program have in the way of additional laboratories, library facilities, or equipment?
24. On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is totally inadequate and 7 is totally adequate, how would you rate...
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Totally inadequate |
Totally adequate |
a. Your university and department libraries
with respect to human factor books and
journals?.............................................................
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
b. The adequacy (availability, age, quality)
of computer hardware for faculty?......................
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
c. The adequacy of computer software for
faculty?...............................................................
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
25. The following questions refer to the specific activities of the core faculty members who are actively involved in your human factors program. For each, please indicate (a) their name, (b) their specialty area, (c) the year of their highest degree, (d) the number of off-campus professional meetings which he/she attended last year at which he/she gave a paper or chaired a session, (e) whether he/she did consulting activity, (f) if so, the name of the organization served, (g) whether he/she consulted on human factor activities, (h) if he/she had outside grants or contracts, and (i) if so, the name of the major funding agency.
a. Name
b. Specialty area
c. Year of highest degree
d. No. of meetings w/ paper or chaired
e. Consulting activity
|
Yes |
No |
[ANSWER f AND g IF RESPONDED "YES" TO e]
f. Organization served
g. Human factors consulting area
h. Outside grants or contracts
|
Yes |
No |
[ANSWER i IF "YES" TO h]
i. Major funding agency
26a. Has your program received any contributions of money or equipment in the past year?
Yes..............................................1
No (SKIP TO A27.a)...................2
26b. Who gave this to your program?
26c. What, specifically, was received?
27a. Do you have any internship programs?
Yes.............................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.28a)..................2
27b. With what organization do you have such programs?
27c. How many students are currently involved?
Students
28a. Do you have any adjunct professors from business or industry?
Yes.............................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.29a)..................2
28b. How many?
Adjunct Professors
28c. What are the advantages of using adjunct professors?
28d. What are the disadvantages of using adjunct professors?
29a. Did you have guest lecturers from business or government in the past year?
Yes............................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.30)...................2
29b. How many?
Guest Lecturers
29c. What are the advantages of using guest lecturers?
29d. What are the disadvantages of using guest lecturers?
30. What is the total number of students currently enrolled in all of your human factors programs?
Students
31. For the 1988–89 academic year, in total, how many students applied for admission to all of your human factors programs?
Students
32. Including those who did not enroll, how many did you admit?
Students
33. How many new students actually entered your program(s) in the 1988–89 academic year?
Students
34a. In the past five years, has the number of students admitted increased, decreased, or remained about the same?
Increased...................................................1
Decreased.................................................2
Remained the same (SKIP TO Q.35).........3
34b. To what do you attribute this increase or decrease?
35a. Do you have any absolute requirements for admission, such as minimum grade point average, GRE score, or specific undergraduate degrees or courses taken?
Yes...........................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.36)..................................2
35b. What are these requirements?
36. What is the average undergraduate grade point of the students you accept? (PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS A FOUR-OR FIVE-POINT SCALE)
/4.0
/5.0
37. What is the average GRE score of the students you accept?
Verbal
Quantitative
Analytical
Overall
38. What are the most common undergraduate degrees of the students you accept?
39. What other qualities do you look for when accepting students into your program?
40. What percentage of your admitted students have had relevant work experience before entering your program?
%
41a. Do you have any part-time students?
Yes.....................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.42a)..........................2
41b. What percentage of your students are part-time?
%
42a. Do you make any special efforts to recruit students?
Yes.....................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.43)............................2
42b. What do you do?
43. In the past few years, has the support that your human factors program has received from the university increased at an above average, average, or below average rate compared to other university programs?
Above average rate....................................1
Average.....................................................2
Below average...........................................3
44a. If you could change any parts of your program, what would you change?
44b. What is preventing the change(s) from happening?
45a. Do you see any major changes occurring in the human factors field in the next decade?
Yes......................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.46a)...........................2
45b. What changes do you see happening?
46a. Do you think that job opportunities for people in the field will increase, decrease or remain the same in the next five years?
Increase...............................................1
Decrease..............................................2
Remain the same (SKIP TO Q.47).......3
46b. What percentage increase or decrease do you expect?
%
47. Do you think that the quality of students in human factors programs will increase, decrease, or remain the same in the next five years?
Increase..............................................1
Decrease.............................................2
Remain the same.................................3
48a. Do you think that human factors education will change in the next five years?
Yes......................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.49a)...........................2
48b. How will it change?
49a. Has your program responded in any way to new DoD human component/system initiatives such as MANPRINT, RAMPARTS and IMPACT?
Yes......................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.50a)...........................2
49b. How has the program responded?
50. Has your program responded to special societal problems such as the needs of the elderly and disabled?
Yes....................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.51a).........................2
50b. How?
51a. Has your program responded to technological developments such as advanced manufacturing technologies, robotics, or expert systems?
Yes...................................................1
No (SKIP TO Q.52)..........................2
51b. How?
52. Below is a list of topics that are sometimes included in human factors programs. Please indicate, by circling the appropriate code number, which of these are covered in required coursework, which are covered in elective coursework, and which are not covered as part of your program.
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Covered in required coursework |
Covered in elective coursework |
Not covered as part of HF program |
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(01) Biomechanics |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(02) Work physiology |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(03) Anthropometry |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(04) Visual processes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(05) Auditory processes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(06) Attention |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(07) Perception |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(08) Cognitive processes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(09) Motor abilities and limitations |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(10) Learning |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(11) Group dynamics |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(12) Team performance |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(13) Group problem solving |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(14) Work design (motivation and reward structures) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Covered in required coursework |
Covered in elective coursework |
Not covered as part HF program |
|
(15) Physical environmental effects on behavior (such as temperature, noise, weightlessness) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(16) System requirements analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(17) Human needs analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(18) Function allocation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(19) Task analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(20) Workload analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(21) Operations research |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(22) Error-failure-accident analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(23) Human reliability analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(24) Computer simulation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(25) Manual control theory |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(26) Analytical models (such as signal detection theory, decision theory, GOMS) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(27) Organizational impact analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(28) Experimental design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(29) Laboratory instrumentation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(30) Univariate statistics |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(31) Multivariate statistics |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(32) Usability evaluation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(33) Psychometrics, |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(34) Survey methods |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(35) Physical measurement |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(36) Psychological measurement |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(37) Psychophysics and subjective measurement |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(38) Time and motion study |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(39) Design walk-throughs |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(40) Design checklists |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(41) Design guidelines |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(42) Development and use of mockups |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(43) Software tools (e.g. UIMS) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(44) Instructional system design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(45) MANPRINT, HARDMAN, RAMPARTS, or IMPACT |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(46) Health and safety |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(47) Computer programming languages |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Covered in required coursework |
Covered in elective coursework |
Not covered as part of HF program |
|
(48) Computer internal architecture |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(49) Artificial intelligence |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(50) Speech recognition and synthesis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(51) CAD/CAM |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(52) Technical writing and illustration |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(53) Oral presentation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(54) Project management |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(55) Cost estimation and budgeting |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(56) Product liability law |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(57) Negotiation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(58) Panel display design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(59) Computer display design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(60) Control design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(61) Hand tool design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(62) Computer input tool design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(63) Human-computer dialogue design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(64) Workstation design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(65) Facilities design |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(66) Office automation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(67) Communication systems |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(68) Transportation systems |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(69) Aerospace systems |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(70) Manufacturing and quality control |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(71) Process control |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(72) Command and control |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(73) Teleoperations |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(74) Robotics |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(75) Maintainability |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
(76) Aging |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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(77) Handicapped |
1 |
2 |
3 |
53. Please indicate which of the following human factors activities your students do as part of their classwork. (CIRCLE THE CODE NUMBERS OF ALL THAT APPLY.)
Analyze tasks.......................................................................................................................................01
Conduct network analyses...................................................................................................................02
Assess mental workload.......................................................................................................................03
Assess physical workload.....................................................................................................................04
Develop or conduct computer simulations.............................................................................................05
Write or debug computer programs....................................................................................................06
Perform human-reliability analyses.....................................................................................................07
Analyze the effects of environmental stressors....................................................................................08
Verify design conformance to human factors specifications.................................................................09
Prepare or review design drawing for conformance to human factors specifications............................10
Prepare design mockups...................................................................................................................11
Design human-equipment interfaces...................................................................................................12
Design workspace layouts.................................................................................................................13
Prepare specifications for software.....................................................................................................14
Design workspace layouts.................................................................................................................15
Prepare specifications for software.....................................................................................................16
Design software-user interfaces..........................................................................................................17
Prepare training course materials and training aids...............................................................................18
Prepare product warnings..................................................................................................................19
Prepare instructional or procedural documents....................................................................................20
Design training aids.............................................................................................................................21
Conduct training.................................................................................................................................22
Assess the effectiveness of training (systems, courses, aids, simulators)................................................23
Specify evaluation objectives..............................................................................................................24
Plan and coordinate evaluations..........................................................................................................25
Develop criterion measures.................................................................................................................26
Design data collection procedures and questionnaires..........................................................................27
Specify or perform data analysis procedures and statistical tests..........................................................28
Collect data in laboratory settings.......................................................................................................29
Collect data in field settings................................................................................................................30
Interpret test and evaluation results.....................................................................................................31
Develop analytical models and methods.............................................................................................32
Collect data on errors, failures, or accidents......................................................................................33
Conduct root cause analyses.............................................................................................................34
Perform failure-mode-and-effects analyses........................................................................................35
Develop and analyze fault trees.........................................................................................................36
Assess performance risks..................................................................................................................37
Perform safety analyses.....................................................................................................................38
Perform human reliability analyses.....................................................................................................39
Evaluate reports written by others.....................................................................................................40
Prepare or contribute to project proposals........................................................................................41
Prepare and conduct oral presentations.............................................................................................42
Prepare engineering drawings...........................................................................................................43
Interpret engineering drawings..........................................................................................................44
Review and summarize the results of previous research.....................................................................45
Develop hypotheses and theories.....................................................................................................46
Interpret research results..................................................................................................................47
Appendix C—
Data Base Availability
Two data gathering techniques were used to survey the human factors community: a computer-assisted telephone interview of human factors specialists and their supervisors, and a mail-in questionnaire of graduate programs offering specialized education in human factors. A copy of the surveys can be found in Appendices A and B, respectively. The coded response data and the command files that explain each set of data can be obtained by contacting:
CSERIAC Program Office
AAMRL/HE/CSERIAC
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-6573
Phone: (513) 255-4842
Autovon: 785-4842
Facsimile: (513) 255-4823
Email (Internet): CSERIAC@Falcon.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL
The files can be obtained on a cost recovery basis, and they can be sent to the requestor on either two 5-1/4'' disks or two 3-1/2'' disks. The files were produced using SPSSX (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software).
The names of the data files (which contain the interviewees' responses to the questionniares) end with a .DAT. The names of the command files (which contain information on the structure and identification of responses in the data files) end with a .TXT.
If you have any questions about the data structure, format, etc., please contact:
Dr. Beverly Huey
Committee on Human Factors, HA156d
National Academy of Sciences
2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: (202) 334-3027
Facsimile: (202) 334-2854
Email (Bitnet): BHUEY@NAS.BITNET
Human Factors Specialists Survey
The Human Factors Specialists Questionnaire was administered to both human factors specialists and to the supervisors of human factors personnel. The purpose of the survey was to question human factors specialists and supervisors about their professional and job related activities and education.
If you are requesting 5-1/4" disks, the data set is large and has been compressed so that it would fit on one 360K disk. To get the data in a useable, uncompressed format, you need to copy the compressed data file (called HF.EXE) to your hard disk before conducting any analyses. After you copy the file HF.EXE to your hard disk, go to your hard drive and type the letters HF and press the enter key. This will uncompress the data file into a 1.3 megabyte file called HF.DAT. This HF.DAT file is the data file that is accessed by the command files. Please note that you cannot analyze the data directly in the HF.EXE file; you must uncompress it first!
If you are requesting 3-1/2" disks, the data set has not been compressed, and you may copy the HF.DAT file directly from the diskette to your hard drive.
There are three command files to analyze the data from the human factors specialists survey. The first file (called HF1.DAT) contains the commands to analyze the data from the first seven of seventeen records of data for each interviewee. This contains the responses to almost all questions on the survey, but it omits the responses to questions number 18 and number 52 of the survey. This is due to the limitations of the software to handle this large a number of variables. The command files for questions 18 and 52 are HF2.TXT and HF3.TXT, respectively.
Human Factors Survey—University Questionnaire
The University Questionnaire was used to obtain information about university graduate programs in engineering, psychology, and other departments that offer specialized education in human factors.
The data file for this survey is called UNIV.DAT; while the command file is called UNIV.TXT. All data for the University Questionnaire is contained in one uncompressed file, and all commands relating to that data file are contained in another uncompressed file. These files can be copied directly onto the hard drive of your computer system.
