PSY 330 Human Factors
5/1/00
Day 2-16
Human-Machine and Error Analysis
uA Brief Overview
uSome Steps that are part of a complete analysis (Swain & Guttman, 1980)
u 1. Describe system goals and functions.
u 2. Describe situation.
u 3. Describe tasks and jobs.
u 4. Analyze tasks for where errors are likely.
u 5. Estimate probability of each error.
u 6. Estimate probability error is not corrected.
u 7. Devise means to increase reliability.
u 8. Repeat steps 4 - 7in light of changes.