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Human factors in Engineering and Design [Paperback]

Mark Saunders Ernest McCormick (Author)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great beginners manual for breadth of Human Factors Jan 29 2001
By atmj
Format:Hardcover
This book is an excellent beginner's manual for Human Factors. It is used in several college's Human Factor's initial courses.

The topics it covers are the basic "physical" human factors topics. There is breadth but not depth. However it does not do much with UI design. There is nothing on Web design or computer station design.

This book's data is limited to examples that illustrate various points in the book. If you need detailed anthropometric data or workspace recoommendations you won't find it here.

Alan Cooper's book About face can help you with the UI part.

Jakob Nielson's Web Usability or Steve Krug's Don't make me think book can give you information on Web design.

Woodson's Human Factors Design Handbook can help you with the computer station part. At lot of money for just this though.

If you need detailed anthropmetric date, the sources I am most familiar with are:

Human Factors Design Handbook by Woodson(though it is a biased sample, if this is all you can get it is better than nothing) Woodson's newer book (2nd edition) gives computer station information, but is pricey for just this.

The measure of Man and Woman by Henry Dreyfuss and Associates (dated in 1970s)

BodySpace by Stephen Pheasant (in metric)

International data on Anthropometry by Hans W. Jurgens (gives you some international data found nowhere else).

Another thing that may help you is the table of contents:

Table of Contents:

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Human Factors and Systems

2. Human Factors Research Methodologies

Part 2: INFORMATION INPUT

3. Information Input and Processing

4. Text, Graphics, Symbols and Codes

5. Visual Display of Dynamic Information

6. Auditory, Tactual and Olfactory Displays

7. Speech Communications

PART 3: HUMAN OUTPUT AND CONTROL

8. Physical Work and Manual Materials Handling

9. Motor Skills

10. Human Control of systems

11. Controls and Data Entry devices

12. Hand tools and devices

PART 4: WORKPLACE DESIGN

13. Applied Anthropometry, Work-space design and Seating

14. Arrangement of Components within a Physical Space

15. Interpersonal Aspects of Workplace Design

PART 5: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

16. Illumination

17. Climate

18. Noise

19. Motion

PART 6: HUMAN FACTORS APPLICATIONS

20. Human Error, Accidents and Safety

21. Human Factors and the Automobile

22. Human Factors in Systems design

APPENDICES

A. List of Abbreviations

B. Control Devices

C. NIOSH Recommended Action Limit Formula for Lifting Tasks

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good information, but very detailed and out of date Oct 16 2000
By Jerold W. Wiley
Format:Hardcover
Overall I found this book to provide a myriad of information. I was excited about office design and all of the aspects concerning this area. In many regards the book is out of date - computers, especially. But the concepts of chair design were particularly well presented. Much of the information was very detailed - noise, illumination, displays. I was, however, impressed with the amount of research the authors did by the way they cited the vast amount of research in each of the various sections. Also, they did keep their sense of humor and acknowledged the real world in their analysis.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very good introduction Aug 17 2000
By whiterussian@web.de
Format:Hardcover
In my opinion, this book is a great introduction to the field of ergonomics and human factors. Though it is indeed a bit older, all necessary fields are covered with great diligence (Information inout & processing, human output & control, workplace design, environmental conditions & human factors applications). Of course the passages concerning VDUs and computers are outdated, but these passages comprise only a very small part of the book (and, to be honest, if I want to read about these topics I would pick different books anyway!). The authors write in a very comprehensible way and many examples and pictures underline the usability of the book. To summarize, a book that is outdated concerning the most recent computer technologies (VDU etc.), but a great introduction containing everything necessary to human factors and design (and these sections are NOT outdated, as the reader before says very poignantly: "Computers may change, people DON'T change that easily).
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