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A Correlational Analysis of Tracking Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

W. B. Knowles,
J. G. Holland and
E. P. Newlin
W. B. Knowles
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
J. G. Holland
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
E. P. Newlin
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
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Abstract

This study reveals the usefulness of multiple correlation techniques in estimating the relative importance of different aspects of a tracking task in the operator's tracking behavior. The technique is applied to a compensatory tracking task with a position control.

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Psychometrika , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 1957, pp. 275 - 287
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Copyright © 1957 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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Now with General Electric Advanced Electronics Center.

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The authors wish to express their appreciation of the many persons who have so generously offered encouragement and advice. Particularly helpful were S. F. George and H. Glaser of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory and W. J. McGill of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The authors are also deeply indebted to Miss Jean B. Henson, who performed the many long and laborious statistical computations, for which she deserves more than this footnote.

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