ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 9186-3 First edition 2014-10-01 Graphical symbols Test methods - Part 3: Method for testing symbol referent association Symboles graphiques - Méthodes d'essai - Partie 3: Méthode pour les essais de reconnaissabilite des symboles Reference number IS0 9186-3:2014(E) ISO @ IS0 2014 IS0 9186-3:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved IS0 9186-3:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principle ..2 5 Pre-test information .3 6 Familiarity training ..3 7 Symbol referent association test .3 7.1 General. .3 7.2 Preparation of test material. 4 7.3 Respondents .5 7.4 Respondents' task in the symbol referent association test .5 7.5 Analysis of the results of the symbol referent association test .5 7.6 .5 Presentationofresults 7.7 Combination of the results from different countries .6 7.8 Determination of the most frequently correctly associated variant. .6 Annex A (informative) Familiarity training .7 Annex B (informative) Symbol referent association test ..8 Bibliography .14 @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved iii