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residences.  If  you  want  careful  and  courteous  service,  if  you
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want  your  papers  delivered  promptly  every  day,  then  you  want
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what  we  are  here  to  give.
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We  shall  appreciate  a  trial  of  our  service  and  shall  make
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every  possible  effort  to  please  you.
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Very  truly  yours,
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20T3.  Typing  Test
Description:  See  accompanying  sample.  Besides  this,  a  variety
of  typing  tests,  including  forms  and  tabulations,  are  used.
However,  because  of  the  fact  that  few  beginning  typists
have  had  specialized  instruction  and  also,  because  of  the
inevitable  handicap  of  a  new  machine,  it  is  advisable  to
give  tests  which  are  free  from  technicalities.
Instructions:  Explain  to  subject  anything  which  she  fails  to
understand  about  the  spacing,  keys,  etc.,  of  the  machine
which  she  is  to  use.  Use  a  machine  of  the  kind  she  has
been  accustomed  to  using  or  one  as  near  like  it  as  possible.
Allow  subject  to  adjust  sheet  and  type  salutation  by  way
of  preparation.  “Now  I  wish  you  to  copy  the  rest  of  this
letter  quickly  and  carefully.”  Do  not  allow  subject  to
exceed  ten  minutes.
Corrections:  Mistakes  are  valued  as  follows:  There  are  150  fivespace
  units  intest  20T3.  Each  wrong  word  orword  omitted
counts  5;  each  mistake  in  punctuation  or  capitalization,
2;  each  smudge,  2;  from  5  to  10  for  poor  margins  and  unsightly ­
  distribution.
Record:  Number  of  test,  time  taken,  number  of  units  covered
—it  wili  be  seen  in  the  sample  letter  that  every  fifth  space
marks  a  unit—and  number  of  mistakes  made.  E.  g.,
20T3;  160  secs.,  150  —  20.