I__. - International Military Testing Association

FOR U.S. NaVY TYF’I NG F’EHFOI~MANCE TESTS
MASTER CHX EF YEOMAN STEVE D. MCGEE, USN
NAV;,;L EDUCAT I ON TRA IN X NG PI:‘;OGF\‘AM MANAGEMENT SUPF’OHT ACT IV I TY
The Department of the Navy is considering the use of: word
processnrs/personal computers in typing per+ormance tests.
F’j--e-ajpf~t 1 y .tp,ese te%sts are accomplished LttiliZing elect.ric
kypewri ,ters. l-hi LL~ report presents resul. ts of a stt.ldy to
determi ni? the f easi bi 1 ity of using word pr-ocessor-~/persi~rlal.
computers versL1s the electric typewriter for typing perf:or inance
tests.
Purpose
The put-pose of the study is to determine if typing
perfc3rmanc:e tests could be pcrf ormed with word
proc~~~,c.)r-~~/persc~nal computers thereby speeding up word product i on
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MethodoX oc~y
SLI~.I j cct i) wet-k2 J51’3 en1 i r;ted U. S. Navy personnel (f_-1 tf.,r-L, E:-..
6) within the administrative and supply communities that raqulre
typing per+orrri~knc:e tests. Sub jtllct:!s were rcindomly se1 ected from
throughout the Navy. Al 1 0.1: t:l~e sub jectc-; haci prior key board
experience on the typewriter and 2t5 subjects had experience with
the word proce~sor/per~onal computer in thei r normal day-,to-day
work .
Twa c;fficj.~~l U.S. Navy typing performance tesis cprtict.:!cil)
were used +r-urn series 87 published by NETF’MSA. The standard
t?li?ctric:: typewriter (IBII Selectric, Selectric II, and Selectric
III) were utilized +or the typewriter portion o-i: both exams krhile
‘ t h e wet-cJ C‘,~ocl:t?ssar/persi:)~1al ccJlTlpL~tt?r porti cjr-1 Of the fi:.:Jms kiel"k
iidmi r1.i st.ered usi ug the XEEOX 13621, IBM FC, WANG F’C, ZENITH 245,
i-c I1 cl cf P T .
On day one, the subjects were admini stered Tes,t A and timed
for five minutes Losing the typewriter-. On the same day, they
were adrrlirrlc,t.ered Test. A and .ti med fur. five minutes Losing thp
word processor/personal computer - Or\ day two, procedureci wer-e
r’evorse, for e:.:ample, the subjects were ,xdmi r,i c,,l:ered ‘rest I? and
timed +ot- five minutes using the word processor/per~onaL
C~OillpL.lti?r~. They khen were tested using the typewrltet-. Scot-i nq
hiis dcjrit? b y 1. ine at a rate r:,t: f ~.ve 1::ey stroI-::es per word wl th t71tiCk
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