title: Recoding low-level simulator data into a record of meaningful task performance: the integrated task modeling environment (ITME).
abstract: The Integrated Task Modeling Environment (ITME) is a user-friendly software tool that has been developed to automatically recode low-level data into an empirical record of meaningful task performance. The present research investigated and validated the performance of the ITME software package by conducting complex simulation missions and comparing the task analyses produced by ITME with taskanalyses produced by experienced video analysts. A very high interrater reliability (> or = .94) existed between experienced video analysts and the ITME for the task analyses produced for each mission. The mean session time:analysis time ratio was 1:24 using video analysis techniques and 1:5 using the ITME. It was concluded that the ITME produced task analyses that were as reliable as those produced by experienced video analysts, and significantly reduced the time cost associated with these analyses.
authors.affiliation: Air Operations Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, Australia. robert.king@dsto.defence.gov.au
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Kon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mouzakis
authors.forename: Winston
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014743:Videotape Recording