Measurement instruments and data collection: A consideration of constructs and biases in ergonomics research

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 355-369

  Fagarasanu, Mircea ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomics interventions; Measurement bias

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; RELIABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOOLS;

INTERVENTION PROGRAMS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036888336     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(02)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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