Fact · Typing and writing speed
94percent accuracy
Standard typists were about 94 percent accurate in the Vanderbilt study, against about 83 percent for nonstandard typists.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“and more accurate (around 94% vs. 83% accuracy)”
Ready, Set, Type! Touch Typists Are Faster, But Not By Much, Gordon D. Logan et al., Association for Psychological Science, summary of Logan, Ulrich and Lindsey (2016) in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2016, Summary paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- Accuracy was measured in the same tasks as the speed figures.
- What it does not show
- The summary says 'around', so these are approximate values.