How Old are Your Participants? An Investigation of Age Classifications as Reported in Human Factors

Timothy A. Nichols; Wendy A. Rogers; Arthur D. Fisk; Lacey D. West

How Old are Your Participants? An Investigation of Age Classifications as Reported in Human Factors

Timothy A. Nichols, Wendy A. Rogers, Arthur D. Fisk, Lacey D. West

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An investigation of participant age classification in Human Factors was presented. The participants were classified as older, middle-aged, and youngers, having mean ages of 62.2(4.7) to 82.3(7.1), 40.9 (6.1) to 57.2(5.8), and 18.9(2.7) to 30.1(8.5), respectively. It was found that there were potentials for error variance due to age related differences, introduced by an imprecise participant age range. It was also found that the age classification of a particular group was dependent on the type of study.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	260-261
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN, United States Duration: Oct 8 2001 → Oct 12 2001

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