When there are conflicting views within a client body on the merits of an information-design product, judicious testing may provide a way out of a difficult situation. The process of discussing and agreeing upon that testing may itself provide useful clarification of the brief. This article discusses the testing of how well some warning signs stand out and how well they can be discriminated from each other. A railway authority wanted to replace remote area signalmen with stationary warning boards, but the union objected to the original design.
Laboratory-based testing was used to answer questions about conspicuity and discriminability and to evaluate a proposed solution.
2020. Personality factors and safety attitudes predict safety behaviour and accidents in elevator workers. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 26:4 ► pp. 719 ff.
Oxenburgh, Maurice & Pepe Marlow
2005. Economics of Visual Ergonomics. In Visual Ergonomics Handbook, ► pp. 171 ff.
Rogers, Wendy A., Nina Lamson & Gabriel K. Rousseau
2000. Warning Research: An Integrative Perspective. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42:1 ► pp. 102 ff.
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1998. Usability testing in information design. In Visual Information For Everyday Use, ► pp. 37 ff.
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2005. Economics of Visual Ergonomics. In Visual Ergonomics Handbook, ► pp. 189 ff.
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