[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 202 (Monday, October 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66311-66312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23093]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID: USA-2020-HQ-0015]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social
Sciences (ARI)
ACTION: Information collection notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December
18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: The Department of Defense (DoD) cannot receive written
comments at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be
sent electronically to the docket listed above.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the U.S. Army
Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social
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Sciences, 6000 6th Street, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, ATTN: Dr. Alisha
Ness, or call 703-545-2398.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: ARI Game Evaluation; OMB
Control Number 0702-XXXX.
Needs and Uses: This information collection will follow best
practices in assessment development by collecting feedback about the
ease of use, clarity, and usability from individuals who complete the
Systems Thinking Abilities game and by collecting demographic
information about those individuals to ensure they are similar to the
intended end users. The game players are freelance workers from
Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) site who will be paid to play the
Systems Thinking Abilities game and respond to the questions included
in this information collection. Participants will be master Amazon
MTurk workers (workers that demonstrate excellence in a range of MTurk
tasks) with a minimum age of 18 years old and a maximum age of 55 years
old with normal color vision. Participants will be located in the
United States and high school graduates. Respondents will not be sent
invitations to participate, instead they can sign up to participate
through the MTurk website. Each participant will complete the Systems
Thinking Abilities game, the evaluation questions and the demographic
information using his or her computer from a location of his or her
choice. The ARI Game Evaluation Form will be linked through the MTurk
site and responses will be entered and returned online. Once
participants complete their assigned section(s) they will be paid for
their time through MTurk. Data will be analyzed following completion of
data collection activities.
Evaluation Questions: Participants will respond to a series of
multiple choice and open-ended questions to capture their experience
with the Systems Thinking Abilities game. These questions are included
on the ARI Game Evaluation Form. The collected data will be retrieved
and processed by Personnel Decisions Research Institutes (PDRI), a
contractor working for ARI. Summary statistics will be generated and
the open-ended feedback will be content coded. The information
collected on participant feedback will be used to identify
modifications needed to the software to improve the clarity or ease of
use. Findings will be documented in a technical report.
Demographic Questions: Participants will complete questions through
an online survey format regarding demographics and background
experiences. Demographic questions include age, gender, ethnicity,
race, education attainment, and experience questions related to past
experience with computer technology. These questions are included on
the ARI Game Evaluation Form. The collected data will be retrieved and
processed by PDRI. The demographic information will be documented in a
technical report describing the initial testing.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Burden Hours: 23.3.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 100.
Average Burden per Response: 14 minutes.
Frequency: One-time collection.
The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social
Sciences (ARI) is developing an innovative game-based assessment to
evaluate an individual's systems thinking abilities. Systems thinking
is important for job success in areas such as cyber security,
engineering, and mission planning. As an assessment, the Systems
Thinking Abilities game needs to be evaluated to ensure it measures
what is intended and relates to performance in jobs that require
systems thinking. This Information Collection will follow best
practices in assessment development by collecting feedback about the
ease of use, clarity, and usability from individuals who complete the
Systems Thinking Abilities game and by collecting demographic
information about those individuals to ensure they are similar to the
intended end users.
Dated: October 14, 2020.
Morgan E. Park,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-23093 Filed 10-16-20; 8:45 am]
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