Table 3.
Age-Related Differences in Initial Flight Simulator Performance are Reduced by Basic Intraindividual Variability (IIV) and Mean RT
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Model information | Age | Mean RT | Age | Basic IIV | Age | Mean RT | Basic IIV | Age |
| Summary score | |||||||||
| Type I SS | 11.01 | 17.11 | 3.32 | 4.73 | 9.13 | 17.11 | 5.27 | 2.06 | |
| Incremental R 2 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.03 | |
| % decrease in ARV | 69.84 | 17.05 | 81.31 | ||||||
| Model p value | p < .0001 | p < .0001 | p < .0001 | p = .001 | |||||
| Communication | |||||||||
| Type I SS | 19.97 | 32.06 | 5.84 | 8.59 | 16.56 | 32.06 | 9.59 | 3.58 | |
| Incremental R 2 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.03 | |
| % decrease in ARV | 70.79 | 17.07 | 82.08 | ||||||
| Model p value | p < .0001 | p = .0002 | p < .0001 | p = .0022 | |||||
| Traffic avoidance | |||||||||
| Type I SS | 9.16 | 12.57 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 7.67 | 12.57 | 4.01 | 2.03 | |
| Incremental R 2 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
| % decrease in ARV | 66.15 | 16.28 | 77.83 | ||||||
| Model p value | p < .0001 | p = .0027 | p < .0001 | p = .0131 | |||||
| Emergency | |||||||||
| Type I SS | 4.44 | 12.85 | 0.55 | 2.99 | 3.47 | 12.85 | 3.37 | 0.18 | |
| Incremental R2 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| % decrease in ARV | 87.62 | 21.67 | 96.03 | ||||||
| Model p value | p = .0207 | p = .4031 | p = .0398 | p = .6340 | |||||
| Approach | |||||||||
| Type I SS | 13.46 | 14.11 | 5.62 | 4.56 | 11.45 | 14.11 | 5.04 | 4.00 | |
| Incremental R2 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |
| % decrease in ARV | 58.26 | 14.98 | 70.27 | ||||||
| Model p value | p < .0001 | p = .0004 | p < .0001 | p = .0022 | |||||
Note. ARV = age-related variance. N = 235.