Does Rotary Pursuit Data Predict Mouse Task Performance? a Pilot Study
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2005-09-01Author
Yuen-Keen Cheong
Son T. Pham
Lan T. Phan
Randa L. Shehab
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Abstract
Knight & Salvendy (1992) suggested that performance of mouse task depends on precision control and arm-hand steadiness. However, the claims lacked empirical support. This pilot study collected rotary pursuit data, measured by time-on-target (TOT), to assess participants' precision control ability. Performance of mouse task was operationalized using a Fitts' pointing task. Stepwise multiple regression revealed target diameter (D), distance amplitude (A), and TOT contributed to the variability of movement time (MT). Despite highly significant relations, the regression coefficients were so small that they offered little practical value. However, the results indicated that precision control ability is indeed predictive of the performance of mouse task. Several recommendations were made for subsequent studies, they include (i) psychomotor ability should be assessed using multiple trials, (ii) a wider range of ID values should be tested with, (iii) a multi-directional Fitts' paradigm should be employed, and (iv) the mouse task should be more representative of the direct manipulation paradigm.
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Cheong, Y.-K., Pham, S. T., Phan, L. T., & Shehab, R. L. (2005). Does Rotary Pursuit Data Predict Mouse Task Performance? a Pilot Study. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 49(5), 661-665. doi: 10.1177/154193120504900506