Hypothesis 1 was confirmed from the results of the t-test. The
effect of the Level A suit on human performance is statistically
significant when compared to no suit, with p values of 0.02 for
completion time and 0.03 for accuracy. When in the suit, increases
in completion times up to 103% were observed. The results indicate
that even trained members of the Civil Support Team may take up
to double the time to complete tasks while in the suit. The decrease
in accuracy, although substantial, was less profound. The suit was
seen to have a definite effect on tasks testing gross motor dexterity.
From the task-wise t-tests, it was found that statistically significant
performance decrements were found in the cases of gross motor
tasks, but not always in the cases of fine motor tasks.