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Summary: Good Book on Human factors
Comment: "Human Factors in Engineering and Design" is a well researched book that is recommended for anyone studying ergonomics and human factor issues in engineering and design, particularly at undergraduate level. It is a comprehensive coverage of the various relevant and pertinent topics that students and practitioners should find useful.
The topics covered include information input, human output and control, workplace design, environmental conditions and human factor applications. I found the book to contain all the information pertaining to human factors that I needed, although some few areas are outdated, which however, did little to diminish the import and utility of the book.
The book is well written in simple, plain English making it easily understandable to a wide audience. The only drawback is the price, which some students may find a bit steep, even though it is well worth it.
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Summary: Written by an Engineer for Engineers: Factual but ZZz.zZZzz...
Comment: I guess this is the engineering student's nightmare. You would have to slug through a book with numbers and concepts minus the presentation. It's a good book for the subject matter if you can bear the torture.
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Summary: Great Survey of Human Factors
Comment: Sanders text is a review of all the significant areas of Human Factors technology. Over the years, Sanders has developed the best textbook in the field with the best examolws of applications. Recommended for everyone in this field.
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Summary: Great beginners manual for breadth of Human Factors
Comment: 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
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good information, but very detailed and out of date
Comment: 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.
