Passenger-accompanied luggage.
This paper describes an attempt to formalize luggage dimension information obtained in the course of a study of passenger attitudes to various luggage handling systems. Frequency distributions of the dimensions have been plotted, and correlations and partial correlations have been calculated which indicate the degree of dependence of one variable upon another. Regression equations have also been calculated, enabling accurate predictions to be made about the usefulness, or otherwise, of luggage storage areas. Passenger behaviour observed in the process of using a luggage handling system is discussed, and an equation relating luggage dimensions to the dimensions of the storage area and the manipulation area has been derived to aid the design of complete vehicular luggage storage systems where space is at a premium.
Williams
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Principal Human Factors Engineer, Rank Xerox (UK) Ltd, Milton Keynes, Bucks, UK.