{"id":"https://openalex.org/W613199463","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","title":"Training Requirements for Railroad Dispatchers: Objectives, Syllabi and Test Designs","display_name":"Training Requirements for Railroad Dispatchers: Objectives, Syllabi and Test Designs","publication_year":1998,"publication_date":"1998-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W613199463","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","mag":"613199463"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1037/e449122008-001","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306524878","display_name":"PsycEXTRA Dataset","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"PsycEXTRA Dataset","raw_type":"dataset"},"volume":null,"type":"dataset","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048279643","display_name":"Stephen J. Reinach","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I886932462","display_name":"Foster-Miller (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/01wm02973","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I886932462"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Reinach","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Performing Organization Name and Address Foster-Miller, Inc. 350 Second Avenue Waltham, MA 02451-1196 10",". Performing Organization Report No","Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20590 U"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Performing Organization Name and Address Foster-Miller, Inc. 350 Second Avenue Waltham, MA 02451-1196 10","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I886932462"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":". Performing Organization Report No","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20590 U","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020683323","display_name":"Judith B. Gertler","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I886932462","display_name":"Foster-Miller (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/01wm02973","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I886932462"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. Gertler","raw_affiliation_strings":[". Performing Organization Name and Address Foster-Miller, Inc. 350 Second Avenue Waltham, MA 02451-1196 10",". Performing Organization Report No","Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20590 U"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":". Performing Organization Name and Address Foster-Miller, Inc. 350 Second Avenue Waltham, MA 02451-1196 10","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I886932462"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":". Performing Organization Report No","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20590 U","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006366295","display_name":"G. Kuehn","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"G. Kuehn","raw_affiliation_strings":["Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11994","display_name":"Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation","score":0.8744999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3202","display_name":"Applied Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11994","display_name":"Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation","score":0.8744999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3202","display_name":"Applied Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14508","display_name":"Vocational Education and Training","score":0.08510000258684158,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12802","display_name":"Competency Development and Evaluation","score":0.027499999850988388,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dispatcher-training","display_name":"dispatcher training","score":0.9480000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/training-objectives","display_name":"training objectives","score":0.9660000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/syllabi","display_name":"syllabi","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-design","display_name":"test design","score":0.9649999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/instructional-design","display_name":"instructional design","score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/performance-goals","display_name":"performance goals","score":0.6840000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/refresher-training","display_name":"refresher training","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trainee-assessment","display_name":"trainee assessment","score":0.8610000014305115}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45504901","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935222","display_name":"Syllabus","level":2,"score":0.6842858791351318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.63121497631073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777211547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141490","display_name":"Training (meteorology)","level":2,"score":0.4616388976573944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4240763187408447},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.4144030511379242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.3894415497779846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2298271656036377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.14429432153701782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.11302855610847473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.09211409091949463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1037/e449122008-001","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e449122008-001","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306524878","display_name":"PsycEXTRA Dataset","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"PsycEXTRA Dataset","raw_type":"dataset"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net:10376","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=10376","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407051159","display_name":"ROSA P","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"157p. in various pagings","raw_type":"Research Paper"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education","score":0.7567999958992004}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.44999998807907104}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306108","display_name":"U.S. Department of Transportation","ror":"https://ror.org/02xfw2e90"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309037","display_name":"Office of Research and Development","ror":"https://ror.org/05rsv9s98"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W617717669","https://openalex.org/W630714053","https://openalex.org/W1493598625","https://openalex.org/W1608645970","https://openalex.org/W1622896514","https://openalex.org/W2005528162","https://openalex.org/W2028944185","https://openalex.org/W2036200102","https://openalex.org/W2575674616","https://openalex.org/W2988456813","https://openalex.org/W4251649666","https://openalex.org/W4253944259"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2320925201","https://openalex.org/W255704188","https://openalex.org/W2575674616","https://openalex.org/W6922548624","https://openalex.org/W2101701569","https://openalex.org/W2378917848","https://openalex.org/W612155052","https://openalex.org/W2582810941","https://openalex.org/W7017318726","https://openalex.org/W637069050"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"report":[1,171],"presents":[2],"the":[3,25,48,52,72,75,131,144,161,164],"results":[4],"of":[5,18,82,101,104,107,116,141,143,153,163],"a":[6],"study":[7],"to":[8,94,98,180,182],"develop":[9],"railroad":[10,31,44,197],"dispatcher":[11,119,184],"training":[12,19,35,45,53,76,79,117,123,132,146,185,198],"objectives,":[13,54],"syllabi":[14,55],"for":[15,24,50,74,113,136,189,196],"three":[16,26,114,145],"types":[17,100,115,152],"programs":[20,147,186],"and":[21,34,41,56,86,124,187],"test":[22,57,154,158],"designs":[23,58,135],"programs.":[27],"Information":[28],"about":[29],"current":[30],"dispatching":[32,110],"methods":[33],"programs,":[36],"assembled":[37],"through":[38],"site":[39],"visits":[40],"interviews":[42],"with":[43,68,173],"officials,":[46],"provided":[47],"basis":[49,73],"developing":[51],"using":[59],"instructional":[60,84],"design":[61,159],"methodologies.":[62],"The":[63,90,151,170],"dispatcher's":[64],"job":[65],"functions":[66],"along":[67],"basic":[69],"prerequisites":[70],"formed":[71],"objectives;":[77],"each":[78,142,157,168],"objective":[80,85],"consists":[81],"an":[83],"associated":[87],"performance":[88],"objectives.":[89,133],"objectives":[91],"were":[92,128,148],"designed":[93],"be":[95],"broadly":[96],"applicable":[97],"all":[99],"railroads,":[102],"regardless":[103],"size,":[105],"type":[106],"service":[108],"or":[109],"technology.":[111],"Syllabi":[112],"(initial":[118],"training,":[120],"initial":[121],"territory":[122],"periodic":[125],"refresher":[126],"training)":[127],"based":[129],"on":[130],"Test":[134],"trainee":[137],"evaluation":[138],"upon":[139],"completion":[140],"also":[149],"prepared.":[150],"items":[155],"in":[156],"reflect":[160],"complexity":[162],"learning":[165],"outcome":[166],"from":[167],"objective.":[169],"concludes":[172],"some":[174],"observations":[175],"regarding":[176],"factors":[177],"that":[178],"appear":[179],"contribute":[181],"successful":[183],"recommendations":[188],"additional":[190],"research.":[191],"Appendices":[192],"contain":[193],"resource":[194],"materials":[195],"officials.\\n":[199]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-09-22T06:50:58.402377","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}