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Sacks, George A.; Sacks, Florence – 1968
A study of the reading rate and comprehension of 10 aerospace engineers and analysis of the readability of sample company communications were undertaken. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test comprehension scores for the engineers, when compared with scores of a norm group provided by the Nelson-Denny Test Manual, were nearly the same in mean and standard…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Engineers, Functional Reading, Professional Personnel


