Task Complexity:

Linda Gottfredson:

"The terms used in different conceptions of task complexity connote a grounding in information-processing demands: multiple alternatives, inexact means-ends, interrelated and conflicting subtasks, uncertain or unknown outcomes, information load and diversity, and rate of change. The various definitions tend to stress the number, variety, variability, ambiguity, and interrelatedness of information-not its substantive content-that must be processed to evaluate altematives, make a judgment, and reach a decision."