Judging Samples of Command Post and Field Training Exercise Messages.

摘要

This report documents the performance of a computer-administered measurement instrument. This instrument, MsgJudge, presents messages from two environments to a panel of expert judges and collects data in the form of responses to semantic scales, forced-choice questions, and a summary questionnaire. Radio transmissions from a BAttalion Command Net and from a Task Force Command Net were transcribed. Transcription included removal of call signs and most procedural words. The individual messages were then presented to experts, who were asked to rate them on a scale with bi-polar adjectives at either end. These adjectives were selected to allow the expert to rate the message in the areas of evaluation, potency, activity, and style. The rater was then asked to decide whether the message came from a Field Training Exercise (FTX) or from a Command Post Exercise (CPX).