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Rating: Apply formula I. Point of reference is 150 units in 
150 seconds; RU, 150 units, Ru, 1 second. Applying 
formula to sample record above,—— - ~)° — = .81 
160 
20T3. Stenographic Test 
Description: See sample typing test and description. The same 
tests used for typing can be used for dictaphone and dicta 
tion. 
Instructions: “Please take down the following letter:” Exam 
iner hands subject a regulation notebook and a pencil (all 
pencils should be #2 hardness, without erasers, and kept 
always well sharpened). “If I go too slowly, say: ‘faster.’” 
Examiner dictates letter trying to keep up to the appli 
cant’s capacity but being very careful not to press for speed. 
Periods and commas should not be called, but paragraphs, 
colons, semi-colons, dashes, etc., should. Time is taken. 
After the applicant has finished taking the dictation, she 
is placed before a machine and told to insert her paper, 
adjust her margins, and type the salutation of the letter 
she has just taken down. “Now copy the rest of the letter 
quickly and carefully. If you get stuck in any one place, 
skip it and go on with the next part. All right? Start.” 
Subject should be allowed to complete the letter. 
Record: Number of test,-time taken for dictation, time taken for 
transcription, number of mistakes. 
Rating: In rating this test, the time taken for dictation and 
transcription shall be added together since both belong 
essentially to the same test. Apply formula II. The point 
of reference is the perfect completion of the test in 6 min 
utes; RU in this particular test is 150; errors shall be de 
ducted from this according to the scale of values given. 
Ru is 2.4 seconds, that is, 6 minutes (reference time) divided 
by RU (150). If the test is done in 7 minutes or 420 seconds