26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-9.7.4

COMPARING SITUATION AWARENESS MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IN A LOW FIDELITY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIMULATION

R. S. Pierce, T. Z. Strybel*, K. -P. L. Vu*
Univ. of California, Riverside, USA; *California State Univ., LB, USA

Keywords: Situation Awareness, Air Traffic Control, Simulation

We evaluated the validity of three situation awareness measures (SART, SAGAT, and SPAM) on a simple ATC task. Although response latencies to probe questions were better predictors of task performance than accuracy of responses, performance declined when online probe questions were administered while the operator performed the task.

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