Readability Formulas: An Overview.

Tefki, Chaffai

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ERIC Number: EJ361368

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Publication Date: 1987

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Readability Formulas: An Overview.

Tefki, Chaffai

Journal of Documentation, v43 n3 p261-73 Sep 1987

This review of findings in the field of readability research discusses the differences in meaning between readability and legibility, examines the origins and developments of readability formulas for children's and adult materials, and describes several of the best-known formulas for English-language materials. (46 references) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Written Language

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Language: English

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