Keyword

readability formulas

Description: Quantitative methods that estimate how easily a text can be read, commonly evaluated in writing, education, and health communication.

Primary topic: Text Readability and Simplification (65%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q2114712

OpenAlex ID: keywords/readability-formulas

A new readability yardstick.

1948 · Rudolph Flesch · Journal of Applied Psychology · 5,347

Derivation of New Readability Formulas (Automated Readability Index, Fog Count and Flesch Reading Ease Formula) for Navy Enlisted Personnel

1975 · J. P. Kincaid, Jr. Fishburne, et al. · 3,484

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“Cloze Procedure”: A New Tool for Measuring Readability

1953 · Wilson L. Taylor · Journalism Quarterly · 2,328

SMOG Grading - A New Readability Formula.

1969 · G. Harry McLaughlin · The Journal of Reading · 2,100

Teaching patients with low literacy skills

2001 · PsycEXTRA Dataset · 1,229

A computer readability formula designed for machine scoring.

1975 · Meri Coleman, T. L. Liau · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1,046

The Principles of Readability.

2004 · William H. DuBay · 779

A Formula for Predicting Readability

1948 · Edgar Dale, Jeanne S. Chall · 777

Derivation of new readability formulas (Automated Readability Index, Fog Count and Flesch Reading Ease Formula) for Navy enlisted personnel ; Research Branch Report 8-75

1975 · J. Peter Kincaid, P Fishburne Lieutenant Robert, et al. · 739

Automated readability index.

1967 · E A Smith, R J Senter · PubMed · 561

A Systematic Review of Readability and Comprehension Instruments Used for Print and Web-Based Cancer Information

2006 · Daniela B. Friedman, Laurie Hoffman-Goetz · Health Education & Behavior · 517

The measurement of readability

2000 · George R. Klare · ACM Journal of Computer Documentation · 504

Fry's Readability Graph: Clarifications, Validity, and Extension to Level 17.

1977 · Edward Fry · The Journal of Reading · 486

Woodcock reading mastery tests

1976 · Cherry Houck, Larry A. Harris · Journal of School Psychology · 453

Assessing readability formula differences with written health information materials: Application, results, and recommendations

2012 · Lih-Wern Wang, Michael J. Miller, et al. · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy · 447

The Fog Index After Twenty Years

1969 · Robert Gunning · Journal of Business Communication · 389

The use of readability formulas in health care

1996 · P. Ley, T. Florio · Psychology Health & Medicine · 341

A New Readability Formula for Primary-Grade Reading Materials

1953 · George Spache · The Elementary School Journal · 334

Assessing Text Readability Using Cognitively Based Indices

2008 · SCOTT A. CROSSLEY, JERRY GREENFIELD, et al. · TESOL Quarterly · 306

On the Failure of Readability Formulas to Define Readable Texts: A Case Study from Adaptations

1982 · Alice Davison, Robert N. Kantor · Reading Research Quarterly · 290

Reconstructing Readability: Recent Developments and Recommendations in the Analysis of Text Difficulty

2011 · Rebekah George Benjamin · Educational Psychology Review · 281

Readability formulas: Cautions and criteria

1991 · Cathy D Meade, Cyrus F Smith · Patient Education and Counseling · 275

Assessing reading levels of health information: uses and limitations of flesch formula

2017 · Pranay Jindal, JoyC MacDermid · Education for Health · 272

The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time

2017 · Pontus Plavén-Sigray, Granville James Matheson, et al. · eLife · 257

Simplification of Flesch Reading Ease Formula.

1951 · James N. Farr, James J. Jenkins, et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology · 230

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Citation count: 37,320