Comparison of task complexity measures for emergency operating procedures: Convergent validity and predictive validity

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-293

  Liu, Peng ^a   Li, Zhizhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convergent validity; Emergency operating procedure; Human error rate; Predictive validity; Task complexity measure

Indexed keywords

ERRORS;

CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES; HUMAN ERROR RATES; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; TASK COMPLEXITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84885403163     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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