Date of Award

5-2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Aviation - Applied Aviation Safety

Department

Aeronautics

First Advisor

Scott R. Winter

Second Advisor

Victoria Dunbar

Third Advisor

Paul A. Craig

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the type of safety demonstration on a passenger's perception and attention. Furthermore, the study examined if there are gender differences based on participant gender. The design utilizes a two-study approach. Study 1 used Florida Tech College of Aeronautics students. For Study 1, the design for Florida Tech Aeronautics students was a mixed design using one within subjects variable and one between subjects variable. This study was a nonrandomized, posttest-only design. Experimental conditions were counterbalanced. The ANOVA analysis of Study 1 demonstrated that there was no significant interaction between gender and type of video on perception and attention. Besides, the outcome of this study demonstrated that there was not a significant difference in the flight demonstration video on passengers' perception and attention. The result of this study indicated that there was not a statistically significant difference in perception and attention between genders. The ANOVA analysis for Study 2 showed that there was not a significant interaction between gender and type of video on perception and attention. However, the data of this study showed that there was a significant difference in the flight demonstration video on passengers' perceptions and attention. Nevertheless, the ANOVA for Study 2 showed that there was no significant difference in perception and attention between genders.

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