1st Edition

Situation Awareness Analysis and Measurement

Edited By Mica R. Endsley, Daniel J. Garland Copyright 2000

    Situation Awareness Analysis and Measurement provides a comprehensive overview of different approaches to the measurement of situation awareness in experimental and applied settings. Creating system designs and training programs to enhance situation awareness is a key goal in the development of systems in such widely ranging fields as aviation, advanced transportation programs, command and control, process control, and medicine. This book directly tackles the problem of ensuring that system designs and training programs are effective at promoting situation awareness.

    Situation Awareness Analysis and Measurement is the first book to provide a comprehensive coverage of situation awareness and its measurement. Topics addressed provide a detailed analysis of the use of a wide variety of techniques for measuring situation awareness and situation assessment processes. It will provide a rich resource for engineers and human factors psychologists involved in designing and evaluating systems in many domains.

    Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction and Overview. M.R. Endsley, Theoretical Underpinnings of Situation Awareness: A Critical Review. R.W. Pew, The State of Situation Awareness Measurement. Part II: Measurement Approaches. G. Klein, Analysis of Situation Awareness From Critical Incident Reports. M.D. Rodgers, R.H. Mogford, B. Strauch, Post Hoc Assessment of Situation Awareness in Air Traffic Control Incidents and Major Aircraft Accidents. D.G. Jones, Subjective Measures of Situation Awareness. H.H. Bell, D.R. Lyon, Using Observer Ratings to Assess Situation Awareness. M.R. Endsley, Direct Measurement of Situation Awareness: Validity and Use of SAGAT. G.F. Wilson, Strategies for Psychophysiological Assessment of Situation Awareness. A.R. Pritchett, R.J. Hansman, Use of Testable Responses for Performance-Based Measurement of Situation Awareness. C.D. Wickens, The Trade-Off of Design for Routine and Unexpected Performance: Implications of Situation Awareness. M.A. Vidulich, Testing the Sensitivity of Situation Awareness Metrics in Interface Evaluations. Part III: Special Topics in Situation Awareness. L.J. Gugerty, W.C. Tirre, Individual Differences in Situation Awareness. C.A. Bolstad, T.M. Hess, Situation Awareness and Aging. W. Shebilske, B.P. Goettl, D.J. Garland, Situation Awareness, Automaticity, and Training. C. Prince, E. Salas, Team Situation Awareness, Errors, and Crew Resource Management: Research Integration for Training Guidance. M.R. Endsley, M.M. Robertson, Training for Situation Awareness in Individuals and Teams.

    Biography

    Mica R. Endsley and Daniel J. Garland

    "Situation awareness (SA) is, simply put, understanding the situation in which one is operating. The importance of studying SA has been communicated quite well in this volume....For basic research, it provides scientists a crucible to test their laboratory-derived general principles. For applied research, it is a concept of clear and immediate importance."
    -- Contemporary Psychology
    “Situation awareness (SA) is, simply put, understanding the situation in which one is operating. The importance of studying SA has been communicated quite well in this volume....For basic research, it provides scientists a crucible to test their laboratory-derived general principles. For applied research, it is a concept of clear and immediate importance."
    -- Contemporary Psychology