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Title: QTA (Questionnaire-Task-Analysis): An electronic tool for job/task analysis

Abstract

When a computer-based training (CBT) package is part of a performance-based training system, a job/task analysis (JTA) to identify and document training requirements is the first step. To identify and document training requirements, performance-based training mandates that a job/task analysis be completed. To simplify the task of performing the job/task analysis for the control room operators at the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, we wrote the MODULA-2 program QUESTIONNAIRE-TASK-ANALYSIS (QTA). Because we were performing the job/task analysis to meet the requirements of DOE Order 5480.18, the programming was based on the documentation presented in the DOE documents Training Accreditation Program Manuals (TAP 1, TAP 2, and TAP 3). The model for the questionnaire portion of the program was Attachment I-8, page I-33, of TAP 2-88. The analysis that recommends no-train, train or overtrain uses the decision tree on page I-10 of TAP 2-88. However, the program is useful beyond just compliance with the Order. The program performs two functions: it collects numerical data from a questionnaire with a rating scale, and it analyzes the data. After the data are collected, the analysis portion uses a decision tree to make training recommendations. The data may be collected using amore » long form or a short form of the questionnaire. The analysis procedure creates three analysis files based on job classifications of the respondents. Because of the dual capabilities of the program, QTA may be used by a respondent to complete the questionnaire or the analyst to analyze the results of the survey. Before discussing the QTA program in detail, we will briefly review the process of performing a job task analysis. 5 refs.« less

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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/MA
OSTI Identifier:
6920051
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-90-776; CONF-901055-1
ON: DE90008944
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Association for the Development of Computer-based Instruction Systems (ADCIS) meeting, San Diego, CA (USA), 29 Oct - 1 Nov 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; TRAINING; COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; Q CODES; COMPUTER CODES; 990200* - Mathematics & Computers

Citation Formats

Houghton, F K, and Fries, R J. QTA (Questionnaire-Task-Analysis): An electronic tool for job/task analysis. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Houghton, F K, & Fries, R J. QTA (Questionnaire-Task-Analysis): An electronic tool for job/task analysis. United States.
Houghton, F K, and Fries, R J. 1990. "QTA (Questionnaire-Task-Analysis): An electronic tool for job/task analysis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6920051.
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title = {QTA (Questionnaire-Task-Analysis): An electronic tool for job/task analysis},
author = {Houghton, F K and Fries, R J},
abstractNote = {When a computer-based training (CBT) package is part of a performance-based training system, a job/task analysis (JTA) to identify and document training requirements is the first step. To identify and document training requirements, performance-based training mandates that a job/task analysis be completed. To simplify the task of performing the job/task analysis for the control room operators at the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, we wrote the MODULA-2 program QUESTIONNAIRE-TASK-ANALYSIS (QTA). Because we were performing the job/task analysis to meet the requirements of DOE Order 5480.18, the programming was based on the documentation presented in the DOE documents Training Accreditation Program Manuals (TAP 1, TAP 2, and TAP 3). The model for the questionnaire portion of the program was Attachment I-8, page I-33, of TAP 2-88. The analysis that recommends no-train, train or overtrain uses the decision tree on page I-10 of TAP 2-88. However, the program is useful beyond just compliance with the Order. The program performs two functions: it collects numerical data from a questionnaire with a rating scale, and it analyzes the data. After the data are collected, the analysis portion uses a decision tree to make training recommendations. The data may be collected using a long form or a short form of the questionnaire. The analysis procedure creates three analysis files based on job classifications of the respondents. Because of the dual capabilities of the program, QTA may be used by a respondent to complete the questionnaire or the analyst to analyze the results of the survey. Before discussing the QTA program in detail, we will briefly review the process of performing a job task analysis. 5 refs.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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