PHED-2526EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anthropometry, Human Factors And Ergonomics, Adam Kadmon
28 Feb 2019
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Anthropometry: anthropos means man and metrien means measure. Attributes include: size, shape and body composition: size: length and circumference of segments, shape: proportion of segments, varies with gender and age, body composition: tissue make-up, proportion of bone, muscle and fat. Three broad categories of applications for anthropometric data. Design criteria that determine what parts of the data are used must be outlined. Scaling or estimation: segments are defined as a percentage of total height: disadvantages, there are gender and racial difference in proportions, proportions differ for individuals. Population of interest should determine the data to be used. Mean refers to the average or 50th percentile value. Standard deviation is an average of how much each score differs from the mean. Design criteria: specifications of which dimensions and the values of those dimensions, will best accommodate the people one is designing for.
