Prediction of success from examination of performance during the training period.

Production during early weeks of the learning period was correlated with average production after completing learning for a group of power sewing machine operators. In accordance with initial hypotheses, correlations are low during the first few weeks, rising steadily as the learning period progresses, but remaining lower than those obtained in studies using learning performance criteria rather than ultimate level of proficiency. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)