Accession Number:

AD0760703

Title:

The Credibility of Computer Estimates in a Simple Decision Making Task.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IND

Personal Author(s):

• Halpin,Stanley M.
• Thornberry,Jeanne A.
• Streufert,Siegfried

Report Date:

1973-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

The study is a preliminary investigation of man-machine interaction in situations where a decision maker has available to him a computer aid. A differentiation is made between aids which perform a staff function and those which are intended to be surrogate decision makers. An experiment was conducted to determine the utilization of a computer aid modeled on the staff concept in a simple prediction task. The subjects experience with the aid was manipulated, some receiving initially accurate estimates from the aid and others receiving initially inaccurate estimates. A report is made on the results. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *DECISION MAKING
• *MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS
• MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
• INTERACTIONS
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• RELIABILITY
• ACCEPTABILITY
• COMPUTERS
• ERRORS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE