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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-85/7
Title and Subtitle: Passing Scores for the FAA ATCS Color Vision Test.
Report Date: August 1985
Authors: Convey JJ.
Abstract: In response to recommendations from the Office of Personnel Management for measures of normal color vision that reflects as closely as possible the functional color vision requirements for an air traffic controller (Christup, 1981), subtests which simulated ATC tasks were developed in three content areas:
Pickrel and Convey (1983) performed an item analysis on these subtests using data obtained from 41 persons with normal color vision as determined by their performance on the Pseudoisochromatic Plates Test (PIP) from the American Optical Corporation and 22 persons with defective color vision according to the PIP. The item parameters and the internal consistency reliability estimates obtained were satisfactory; however, minimum passing score for each of these tests and for a simple composite of all three. Originator-supplied keywords: Color vision tests; Minimum passing score; Terrain, Elevations; Color normal; Color defective.
Key Words: color vision, test and evaluation, requirements, optical properties, aircraft, parameters, test methods, terrain, meteorological radar, display systems, consistency, estimates, reliability, defects (materials), plates, internal, colors, fuselages, radar equipment, eye, elevation, air traffic controllers, navigation charts.
No. of Pages: 20
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-85/7
Title and Subtitle: Passing Scores for the FAA ATCS Color Vision Test.
Report Date: August 1985
Authors: Convey JJ.
Abstract: In response to recommendations from the Office of Personnel Management for measures of normal color vision that reflects as closely as possible the functional color vision requirements for an air traffic controller (Christup, 1981), subtests which simulated ATC tasks were developed in three content areas:
- aircraft colors for fuselage and lights,
- color weather radar displays, and
- navigational chart terrain elevations.
Pickrel and Convey (1983) performed an item analysis on these subtests using data obtained from 41 persons with normal color vision as determined by their performance on the Pseudoisochromatic Plates Test (PIP) from the American Optical Corporation and 22 persons with defective color vision according to the PIP. The item parameters and the internal consistency reliability estimates obtained were satisfactory; however, minimum passing score for each of these tests and for a simple composite of all three. Originator-supplied keywords: Color vision tests; Minimum passing score; Terrain, Elevations; Color normal; Color defective.
Key Words: color vision, test and evaluation, requirements, optical properties, aircraft, parameters, test methods, terrain, meteorological radar, display systems, consistency, estimates, reliability, defects (materials), plates, internal, colors, fuselages, radar equipment, eye, elevation, air traffic controllers, navigation charts.
No. of Pages: 20
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