Where Are You on the Thurstone Curve?

Over 100 years ago, a mechanical engineer pursuing a PhD in psychology used data from a typing class to explore how fast students learned to type. Today, you can also participate in Thurstone's experiment by typing as many words as you can in four minutes. Are you up to the challenge?

Thurstone's original Figure 5 — the learning curve — Thurstone's original Figure 5 (1919)

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