Time in training as a criterion of success in radio code

Abstract

Time taken to attain a required level of proficiency is proposed as a criterion of later success. In a validation study of the Navy Radio Code Aptitude Test, the time required to reach a proficiency of 20 words per minute was used along with progress test scores, for three groups of trainees. Time in training varied from one week to two and three-quarter weeks, the NRCAT correlated higher with time in training than with the progress test or final proficiency test scores, and time in training was substantially correlated with final proficiency. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)