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THE eleventh annual report and the accounts for the year 1931 of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology have recently been published. The development of the Institute's work, in spite of the present financial crisis, continues satisfactorily. There is reported an increase of more than twenty-six per cent in the number of industrial and commercial firms for which the Institute has carried out investigations during the year, and an increase of nearly seventeen per cent in the number of cases examined for vocational guidance. The investigations are concerned with very varied activities, including work in gold mines, gasworks, a fish paste factory, and schools, and the problems investigated include equipment and lay-out of factories, as well as bonus schemes and staff selection. The very valuable work on vocational guidance continues, and while the Institute has acquired knowledge which enables it to advise young people on the choice of a career, yet it is recognised that much remains to be done: research work which will require several years for fruition is in progress. An allied problem, namely, occupational analysis, is also being continued, and studies being made of the abilities required for the various types of women's secretarial work and nursing. Other researches described include the nature and measurement of the mental abilities involved in factory assembly operations, motor drivers' tests, colour discrimination, and a very important investigation into the part played by rhythm in typewriting.
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National Institute of Industrial Psychology. Nature 129, 432 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129432a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129432a0