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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ergonomics Laboratory Exercises 2008 Edition by Timothy Joseph Gallwey, Leonard O'Sullivan
Taking an application-oriented approach, these exercises encourage students to apply rigorous analyses to collected data, and provide results through formal professional reports. The book contains nearly three dozen exercises covering workplace environment, work analysis, information processing, physiological issues, and systems evaluations. Some are pencil and paper exercises, some are stopwatch studies, some require special laboratory equipment, and others are field exercises. The book gives technical background on each topic and provides equipment needs, experimental design, and data sheets, as well as guidance on analysis and detailed instructions on report writing. REPORT WRITING Short laboratory reports Short laboratory report grading comments Report presentation Long laboratory reports Grading scheme for long reports Professional type reports Informed consent Writing up a thesis or project report WORK PLACE ENVIRONMENT Workshop lighting survey Noise Measurement Thermal Comfort Ventilation WORK ANALYSIS Design versus Speed Task analysis Flow process & Two-Handed charting Performance Rating Operator learning curves Activity sampling Fundamental motions Predetermined Motion Time Systems (PMTS) INFORMATION PROCESSING Human discriminability Central information processing Motor system information processing Visual search Decision making (TSD) PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES Force-Angle relationships Static Muscle Contractions Anthropometry investigation Posture analysis Maximum oxygen uptake Energy expenditure Heat dissipation Lifting analysis Muscle potentials in postures SYSTEMS EVALUATIONS Systems analysis Procedural analysis Office workplace evaluation Factory workplace evaluation Disabled error cause removal Hazards of slips/trips/falls Hazard analysis on transportation and handling Shiftwork scheduling APPENDICES