Commentary on the paper by Heimrich Kanis entitled ‘Reliability and validity of findings in ergonomics research’: where is the methodology in ergonomics methods?

摘要

This paper is a commentary on Kanis’ target paper in this issue. Kanis raised deficienciesrnin the reporting of reliability and validity of ergonomics methods in the literaturernand proposes a framework for the future. This paper applauds the approach andrnextends it. Despite the proliferation of ergonomics methods, there is a paucity of datarnon reliability and validity. There are many other aspects of the methods’ performancernthat could be reported as well, including the utility of the method. The structure ofrnmethod reporting would benefit from some standardisation to enable comparison ofrnapproaches and usability of the method itself. It is also understood that the gatheringrnof data on reliability and validity will be ongoing, as methods evolve and domainrnboundaries are crossed.