How high is high? A meta-analysis of NASA-TLX global workload scores

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages 1727-1731

  Grier, Rebecca A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS;

CENTRAL TENDENCIES; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-SYSTEM TEST; LOAD INDEX; META ANALYSIS; NASA-TLX;

NASA;

EID: 84981731710     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931215591373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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