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Annex 3 – HF Techniques, Methods and Tools• The NASA TLX is a multidimensional approach to workload assessmentthat is non-intrusive to primary task performance.• A number of studies have shown its superiority over the SWAT technique.• Disadvantages• When administered on-line, the TLX can be intrusive.• When administered after the fact, participants may have forgotten highworkload aspects of the task.• Workload ratings may be correlated with task performance e.g. subjectswho performed poorly on the primary task may rate their workload as veryhigh and vice versa. This is not always the case.• Weighting procedure is laborious and adds more time to the procedure.A3.6.4Defence Research Agency Workload Scales (DRAWS)DRAWS is a subjective mental workload assessment technique that wasdeveloped in order to investigate the construct of workload and its underlyingdimensions. It is multi-dimensional similar to the NASA TLX technique in that itinvolves participants being queried for their subjective ratings of the four differentworkload dimensions:1. Input demand – the demand associated with the acquisition of informationfrom any external sources.2. Central demand – the demand associated with the operators cognitiveprocesses involved in the task.3. Output demand – the demand associated with any required responsesinvolved in the task.4. Time pressure – the demand associated with any time constraintsimposed upon the operator.DRAWS is typically administered on-line and involves verbally querying theparticipant for a subjective rating between 0 and 100 for each dimension duringtask performance.• Advantages• DRAWS is a very easy technique to administer, requiring only fourworkload ratings and is subsequently very quick in its application.• Sensitivity to workload variation has been demonstrated (DTC099 - Jordan,Farmer & Belyavin 1995).• The workload dimensions used in the DRAWS technique were validated ina number of studies during the development of the technique.May 2006 Page A3-47 Issue 4

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