PSY 330 Human Factors
5/1/00
Day 2-5
Error
uDEFINITION:  an action or lack of action that violates some tolerance limit(s) of the system.
lThus defined in terms of system requirements and capabilities.
uThe the occurrence of an error does not imply anything about human, even if it is “the persons fault.”
lIt could be a system flaw