Publication statistics
Pub. period:1993-2012
Pub. count:10
Number of co-authors:14
Co-authors
Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:
H. Harvey Cohen:3Ilene B. Zackowitz:3Harvey H. Cohen:2 Productive colleagues
Alison G. Vredenburgh's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:
Michael S. Wogalte..:60Michael J. Kalsher:20Kenneth R. Laugher..:20
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Publications by Alison G. Vredenburgh (bibliography)
Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Zackowitz, Ilene B. (2012): Case Study: Evaluating the Design and Warnings of a Tanning Bed. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2012 Annual Meeting 2012. pp. 671-674.
“When human factors professionals are retained to evaluate a product and its labeling after an injury, other relevant information must be considered to determine if additional warnings may have led to a different outcome. This case study evaluates an incident where a woman alleged that a tanning bed had inadequate warnings. When evaluating the case, the product design, user interface, and relevant communication system standards were considered along with the plaintiff's personal knowledge and behavior. The warnings were also evaluated in the context of the tanning establishment and its trained employees. This case illustrates the circumstances when manufacturer's product design and labeling was not a causation factor of an incident.”
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Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Zackowitz, Ilene B. (2012): When a Dog is Just a Dog? A Case Study Evaluating the ADA Service Animal Rules. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2012 Annual Meeting 2012. pp. 720-723.
“This case study evaluates the American's with Disabilities Act requirements regarding service animal use. The first author was retained as a defense expert in a case where a woman placed her small dog on a table at a restaurant and when she was asked to sit at an exterior table, she sued the restaurant on the basis of disability discrimination. This paper evaluates the relevant facts of the case and clarifies when an animal qualifies as a service animal, and when a dog is just a dog.”
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Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Zackowitz, Ilene B. (2011): Research in Motion: A Case Study Evaluating the Accessibility of Public Transit in our Nation's Capital. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting 2011. pp. 584-588.
“Although the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed by Congress two decades ago, there are still public facilities that have a long way to go in order to meet the goal of being "barrier-free." Unfortunately, some of these places include public transportation systems that many people with disabilities rely on daily. During a recent consulting job regarding accessibility and environmental design, we decided to put the public Metro system in Washington, DC to the test. We wanted to determine how easy it is to access and use the system for people who rely on wheelchairs. We were surprised that this case study revealed serious and multiple barriers to accessibility. We learned that many human factors issues regarding accessible design were not achieved by this system, even at a modest level.”
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Laughery, Kenneth R., Wogalter, Michael S., Nemire, Kenneth E., Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Kalsher, Michael J. (2011): What Do Human Factors/Ergonomics Experts Have to Tell Juries That They Don't Know -- But May Think They Know?. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting 2011. pp. 604-607.
“Product liability and personal injury litigation frequently involves circumstances where an injury or property damage occurred as humans were interacting with products and/or environments while performing some task. Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) professionals are often involved as experts in these cases. The question addressed here is what benefits do juries derive from HFE expert testimony. In this session five panelists with experience as expert witnesses each describe a case that illustrates HFE testimony. Examples of issues addressed are sensory/perceptual limitations, attention capture and capacity, and induced errors. The presentations focus on issues where expert testimony would likely benefit jury understanding technical topics about which jurors may know little about or have misconceptions.”
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Rosen, Ian C., Vredenburgh, Alison G., Layton, Melissa, Malloy, Kim, Schinkel, Angie and Ferdman, Bernardo M. (1995): Individual Differences: The Relationship between Need Motives and Managerial Decision Making. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. .
Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Cohen, H. Harvey (1995): Does Culture Affect Risk Perception?. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 1015-1019.
“As forensic consultants in the areas of Human Factors and Safety, the authors have frequently been asked to testify on cases concerning the "reasonableness of conduct" and assumption of risk of plaintiffs and defendants. The principal goal of this study is to determine whether there are differences in risk-perception among various racial and cultural groups. Participants in the study identified themselves as either Caucasian, Mexican-American, Asian-American, or African-American. Risk perception was measured with a survey designed specifically for this research, which included items generated from activities that resulted in accidents frequently investigated by the authors. Subjects were selected from intact church congregations and ethnically identified social clubs. The independent variable in this study was the cultural or ethnic identity of the subjects. The dependent variable was risk perception. Using an ANOVA, cultural differences were found. Consistent with past research, women were found to perceive higher risk. Level of education was not found to be related to risk perception.”
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Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Cohen, H. Harvey (1995): Enhanced Motorcycle Visibility through Use of Motorcycle Conspicuity Enhancement System. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 1048-1052.
“The most common cause of motorcycle accidents is the violation of the motorcyclist's right-of-way by another vehicle driver. There are two factors in the causation of multi-vehicle accidents involving motorcycles. The first factor concerns design and the second factor involves human performance capabilities. The purpose of this study is to design and test a Motorcycle Conspicuity Enhancement System (MCES) by using a similar methodology as that used by Ramsey and Brinkley (1977) who tested various daytime conspicuity enhancement devices. The following study uses a similar method as that used in the 1977 study. Several phases are required to complete the design and testing of the MCES. First, a device that can be used for testing in the next phases was developed. In the second phase, the device in configured; and finally, in the third phase, it will be tested on the road. A motorcycle and driver will be positioned on a side street perpendicular to the traffic flow. During one hour test periods, the MCES will be mounted and operating for 30 minutes and then dismounted for 30 minutes. Variance and Chi-square analyses will be used.”
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Vredenburgh, Alison G., Saifer, Alandria G. and Cohen, Harvey H. (1995): You are going to do what with that thing?. In Ergonomics in Design, pp. 16-20.
Vredenburgh, Alison G., Plourd, S., Saifer, Alandria G. and Cohen, Harvey H. (1994): Collision Causation: Time Attention is Directed Away from Traffic in Front of a Vehicle While Preparing for a Lane Change. In: Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association Congress 1994, Toronto, Canada. pp. 252-254.
Vredenburgh, Alison G. and Cohen, H. Harvey (1993): Compliance with Warnings in High Risk Recreational Activities: Skiing and Scuba. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting 1993. pp. 945-949.
“Warnings research generally has focused on identifying which factors influence people to read and remember the content of warnings. Additional research has determined that people tend to read warnings if they perceive an activity or product to be dangerous or if they are less familiar with it. However, for practical purposes, reading the label or warning does not go far enough. In addition to examining whether warnings have been read, the current study also addresses user compliance by surveying people immediately after they have completed a high risk recreational activity (either skiing or scuba diving). The three areas examined in this study were whether the perception of danger affected the reading of, and compliance with warnings; whether familiarity with an activity affected reading and compliance; and whether there was any difference in responses between men and women. As expected, the perception of danger and familiarity with the activity increased the reading of and reported compliance with warnings. Many differences were found between the responses of men and women. Although there was no sex difference in whether subjects read warnings, women reported complying with the warnings significantly more than men. In accordance with stereotypes, men were more likely to participate in high-risk sports; claim to have a higher ability in the activity; and participated in the activity more often than the women (in the two years prior to this study).”
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