Questioning validity in the area of ergonomics/human factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1947-1965

  Kanis, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Reliability; Repeatability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY HEIGHT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034521868     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130050201418     Document Type: Article

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