Learning Aptitude, Error Tolerance, and Achievement Level as Factors of Performance in a Visual-Tracking Task

摘要

This paper presents results from an investigation of learning effects and operator tolerance for error as confounding factors in measuring visual tracking skill. Subjects were 20 students and 9 attritees from Army helicopter pilot training. Results supported an hypothesis that existing test procedures allowed for the confounding of learning and changes in tolerance for error with baseline estimates of operator tracking skill. Modified testing and statistical procedures are recommanded. Information on individual differences in tolerance for error are seen as a potentially useful predictor of success in pilot training. (Author)