Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Ergonomics. 2009 Nov;52(11):1372-85. doi: 10.1080/00140130903147714.
This study evaluated how different task factors affect performance and user subjective preferences for three different age groups of Chinese subjects (6-11, 20-23, 65-70 years) when hand writing Chinese characters. The subjects copied Chinese character sentences with different settings for the task factors of writing plane angle (horizontal 0 degrees , slanted 15 degrees ), writing direction (horizontal, vertical), and line spacing (5 mm, 7 mm and no lines). Writing speed was measured and subjective preferences (effectiveness and satisfaction) were assessed for each of the task factor settings. The result showed that there was a conflict between writing speed and personal preference for the line spacing factor; 5 mm line spacing increased writing speed but it was the least preferred. It was also found that: vertical and horizontal writing directions and a slanted work surface suited school-aged children; a horizontal work surface and horizontal writing direction suited university students; and a horizontal writing direction with either a horizontal or slanted work surface suited the older adults.
本研究评估了不同任务因素如何影响三个不同年龄组（6-11 岁、20-23 岁、65-70 岁）的中国被试在手写汉字时的表现和用户主观偏好。被试者按照不同的任务因素（书写平面角度[水平 0 度、倾斜 15 度]、书写方向[水平、垂直]和行间距[5 毫米、7 毫米和无行间距]）抄写汉字句子。测量了书写速度，并对每种任务因素设置的主观偏好（效果和满意度）进行了评估。结果表明，在书写速度和个人对线间距因素的偏好之间存在冲突；5 毫米的行间距增加了书写速度，但却是最不受欢迎的。研究还发现：垂直和水平的书写方向以及倾斜的工作面适合学龄儿童；水平的工作面和水平的书写方向适合大学生；而水平的书写方向和水平或倾斜的工作面则适合老年人。
