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The Utility of Event-Based Knowledge Elicitation

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to describe and evaluate an event-based knowledge elicitation technique. With this approach experts are provided with deliberate and controlled job situations, allowing investigation of specific task aspects and the comparison of expert responses. For this effort a videotape was developed showing an instructor pilot and student conducting a training mission. Various job situations were depicted in the video to gather information pertinent to understanding team situational awareness. The videotape was shown to 10 instructors and 10 student aviators in the community, and responses to the videotape were collected using a questionnaire at predetermined stop points. Consistent with expectations, the results showed that more experienced respondents (i.e., instructors) identified a richer database of cues and were more likely than students to identify strategies for responding to the situations depicted, providing some empirical evidence for the validity of the event-based technique. This method may serve as a useful knowledge elicitation technique, especially in the later stages of a job analysis when focused information is sought.

Source: Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

DOI: 10.1518/001872000779656615

Authors: Jennifer E. Fowlkes, Eduardo Salas, David P. Baker, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Renée J. Stout

Institutions: University of Central Florida, American Institutes for Research, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Language: English

Topic: Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services