ABSTRACT
Whether operating in a traditional manner or within a developing personcentred framework, ergonomics is very much a science-a science of human interactions with the environment. As such, it progresses not so much by armchair philosophy but empirically by the collection and interpretation of data. The person-centred ergonomist, therefore, must develop data-gathering techniques which emanate from the central philosophies of the discipline, and follow the canons of scientific rigour in the fullest sense.
