A TASK ANALYTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT OF A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR LICENSE SKILL TEST

A test of motorcycle operator skill was developed for use by state licensing agencies. The test was developed from a systematic and comprehensive analysis of critical on-street motorcycle operator tasks and the skills that underlies the performance of these tasks. The test was evaluated through its administration to 18 riders representing various levels of experience. The performance of each operator was scored by three test examiners, and rated for proficiency by a panel of six expert riders. Both the scores and the ratings evidenced a high degree of interjudge reliability. A correlation of.88 was obtained between scores and ratings. On the basis of the results, it was concluded that the analytically derived skill test constitutes the best available measure of critical on-street motorcycle operator skills and is sufficiently valid to warrant being employed as a license test. /Author/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • McPherson, K
  • McKnight, A J
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 351-359
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driving tests; Motor skills; Motorcyclists; Performance tests; Task analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-191-3-759, DOT-HS-045-1-061, 98541
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM