Procedures for Testing Color Vision Report of Working Group 41 (1981) / Chapter Skim
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On the basis of these professional requirements and observer capabilities a decision can be made about whether an individual's color vision is suitable for performing the particular duties encountered in daily work situations. Such practical assessment of the relevant color qualifications helps to prevent the inappropriate allotment of manpower.
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Individuals with mild impairments can perform many operations involving color discrimination without any special risk to their own or to public safety. Occupations Requiring Representative Color Vision There are a vast number of occupations in which the mere exclusion of color-defective observers is an inappropriate policy for selecting personnel.
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Second, clinical color vision tests are not designed for the scaling of performance or for multiple cutoff criteria; the scoring standard for most clinical tests is stated in terms of a single pass/fail score. Third, the classification of color discrimination ability by clinical tests might not predict performance in a real-life situation (Kinney et al., 1979~.
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