Symbols and abbreviations

&

and

CD

compact disk

cf.

(lat) confer = compare

CR

proportion of consistent assessments

2D

2-dimensional

3D

3-dimensional

eds.

editors

EEE

Experimental Ergonomic Evaluation

EEG

electroencephalograph

e.g.

(lat) exempli gratia = for example

EMG

electromyography

EN

European Norm

et al.

(lat) et alibi; et alii = and others

etc.

et cetera = and so forth

EU

European Union

HCI

Human-Computer Interaction

I(C)T

Information (and Communication) Technology

i.e.

(lat) id est = that is

IEA

International Ergonomics Association

ISO

International Standard Organisation

k

number of product variants

K

kappa statistic

max.

maximum

n

number of cases in a sample

N

total number of cases

OWV_j

weighted overall value

p

pages

QFD

Quality Function Deployment

RAI

Residual Acceptability Index

R&D

Research and Development

r_s

Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient

SDE

Statistical Design of Experiments

SEL

Soveltavan ergonomian laboratorio, Finnish Laboratory of Applied

Ergonomics

SFS

Suomen Standardisoimisliitto, Finnish Standards Association

SFS-EN

Finnish Standards Association - European Norm

SI

International System of Units

t

Student’s t statistic

τ

Kendall’s tau statistic

T_c

Kendall’s Tc coefficient

TQM

Total Quality Management

u

Kendall’s coefficient of agreement u for paired comparisons

VDI

Verein Deutcher Ingenieure, Association of German Engineers

v_i

value

vs.

versus

W

Kendall’s coefficient of concordance

χ2

chi-square statistic