The effects of performance-scoring criteria on compensatory tracking behavior

1 September 1965

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics

Vol. HFE-6 (1) , 62-65
https://doi.org/10.1109/thfe.1965.6591257

Abstract

A compensatory tracking experiment was performed in which a subject received continuous feedback of his performance as measured by a scoring criterion. Several such criteria were investigated, each consisting of a weighted sum of mean-squared error and mean-squared stick movement. The subject changed his tracking behavior to suit the scoring criterion. These changes were manifested primarily as changes in the gain of the subject's describing function. It appears that a well-trained subject is good at optimizing his behavior to suit a scoring criterion, and that the design and feedback of such scoring criteria should receive greater consideration in tracking experiments.

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