A preliminary report of an attempt to determine a valid criterion-measure of speed and accuracy in typing practice among high school pupils

Ackerson, Luton

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University of Northern Iowa

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of ScienceVolume 32 | Annual Issue Article 1001925Objective Study of Speed and Accuracy in TypingLuton AckersonState University of IowaCopyright © Copyright 1925 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/piasThis Research is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Academy of Science at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion inProceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by an authorized editor of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contactscholarworks@uni.edu.Recommended CitationAckerson, Luton (1925) "Objective Study of Speed and Accuracy in Typing," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 32(1),398-398.Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol32/iss1/100398 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE and scores on each of  the other tests was determined by the Pear­son product-moment formula . The method of  partial and multiple correlation was applied to the five most significant tests . From the multiple R of  .62 thus obtained, it may be concluded that these tests have considerable value as a basis for educational prognosis in stenography. STATE UNIVERSITY oF IowA. OBJECTIVE STUDY OF SPEED AND ACCURACY IN TYPING LuTo � ACKERSON (ABSTRA CT) A preliminary report of  an attempt to determine a valid criter­ion-measure of speed and accuracy in typing practice among high school pupils .  STATE UNIVERSITY oF IowA. CONDITIONING THE SEXUAL INSTIKCT' IX THE ALBINO RAT H. R. FossLER (ABSTRA CT ) The purposes of  the experiment were ( 1 )  to determine whether the mani festation o f  the sexual instinct can be suppressed, ( 2 )  to determine whether any abnormal behavior is occas ioned by this suppression , ( 3 )  to determine whether such suppression, once established, is maintained, and ( 4) to measure the success of  the suppression. The following methods in training were used : ( 1 )  Males were run with females daily with freedom to do as they pleased ; ( 2 )  Males were run with females daily under such conditions that both were punished by an electric shock if cOpulation was at­tempted, al l other behavior being permitted ; and ( 3 )  :l\Iales were run with females daily under the same conditions as in  B .  except that they were punished for all contacts .  This training was con­tinued until no punishment was necessary for ten successive trials. A modified circular maze was arranged so that a rat could run the maze in an average of ten seconds i f  he made no errors and kept going. The maze was very simply arranged to reduce the 1Ackerson: Objective Study of Speed and Accuracy in TypingPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 1925

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