The development of a multidimensional scale to evaluate motor vehicle dynamic qualities

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 964-982

  Harris, Don ^a   Chan Pensley, Jamie ^a   McGarry, Shona ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Handling qualities; Subjective rating scales

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIDING QUALITIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; HANDLING QUALITITES; SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALES;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POSTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 24644501758     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500181967     Document Type: Article

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