This study investigated whether the order of task statement presentation affected the time required to complete a task inventory, or affected the stability of the job descriptions reported by any of the Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP). / Three orders of presenting 528 task statements in a task inventory was devised for the law enforcement occupation within the State of Florida. The first order, Form A, presented task statements grouped into duty areas, the second order, Form B, was alphabetized and the third order, Form C, was the reverse of Form A. Each of the task inventory was placed into a six part occupational survey. / To assess any effects of task order on the time required to complete each form of the survey a one-way ANOVA was used. The results showed significant differences between the three forms (F = 8.361, df = 2/295, p < .001). / To measure any effects of task order presentation on the stability of job descriptions reported by the CODAP program Job Special, Spearman rank order correlations were calculated for each of the three forms. For the job description variable, percent of members performing each task, rho values of .911, Form A/B, .881, Form A/C, and .896, Form B/C, were obtained. All three correlations were significant (p < .001). For the job description variable average percent of time spent on each task, rho values of .687, Form A/B, .693, Form A/C, and .714, Form B/C, were obtained all three correlations were significant (p < .001). / The results suggest while that task order can affect the amount of time required to complete different order of task statements, the stability of the reported job descriptions appears not to be significantly affected. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: A, page: 0130. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75480 |
| Contributors | KORMANICKI, MICHAEL JOHN, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 144 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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