Adjustability
Alertness
Anthropometrics
Biomechanics
Clearance
Cognitive Ergonomics
Comfort
Dynamic data
Enhanced Work Environment
Environmental factors
Ergonomics/Human Factors
Fatigue
Functional/Dynamic data
Human error
Human information processing system
Interval data scale
Nominal data scale
Ordinal data scale
Percentile range
Perception
Physiological factor data
Primary data
Psychological factor data
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
Range of sizes
Ratio data scale
Reach
Secondary data
Structural/Static data
Workplace Environmental Factors
Workspace Envelope
The ability of a product to be changed in size, commonly used to increase the range of percentiles that a product is appropriate for.
The level of vigilance, readiness or caution of an individual.
The aspect of ergonomics that deals with body measurements, particularly those of size, strength and physical capacity.
The research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms.
The physical space between two objects.
Concerned with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response.
A person's sense of physical or psychological ease.
Human body measurements when the subject is in motion/physical activities.
Designed spaces for Healthy Workforce, Enhanced Productivity, Reduced number of sick days.
Psychological factors affecting performance of an individual due to the environment that the individual is situated.
The application of scientific information concerning the relationship between human beings and the design of products, systems and environments.
A person's sense of physical or psychological tiredness.
Data measurements while performing a task e.g. reaching, manoeuvring and aspects of equipment use.
Factors associated with major accident, catastrophic consequences to people, property and the environment.
How user interprets information and reaction through inputs, processes (which can be sensory, central and motor) and outputs.
Based on numeric scales in which we know the order and the exact difference between the values
Based ‘by name’ and used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups.
Numerical scale where the exact numerical value has no significance other than to rank a set of data points on from qualitative data.
The proportion of a population with a dimension at or less than a given value.
The way in which something is regarded, understood or interpreted.
Human factor data related to physical characteristics used to optimise the user's safety, health, comfort and performance (motor processes).
First hand data collected by a user for a specific purpose.
Human factor data related to psychological interpretations caused by light, smell, sound, taste, temperature and texture.
Typically descriptive data used to find out in depth the way people think or feel - their perception.
Quantitative data is information about quantities; that is, information that can be measured and written down with numbers.
A selection of sizes a product is made to cater for the majority of a market.
Scale allows you to compare differences between numbers.
A range that a person can stretch, touch or grasp an object from a specified position.
Data collected by someone other than the user.
Refers to measurements taken while the subject is in a fixed position, e.g. height, arm length.
Maximising performance and reducing risk of accidents of Physical Environment, Equipment design and the Workflow of the task of the user.
A 3-dimensional space within which you carry out physical work activities when you are at a fixed location.