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Peer reviewedAnderson, Jonathan – Journal of Reading, 1983
Indicates that the Rix modification of the Lix Readability Formula is easy to calculate, correlates highly with other popular formulas, and is useful for materials for grades 3 through 12. (AEA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Download full textAnderson, Jonathan – 1981
"Lasbarhetsindex" ("Lix") is a readability formula developed in Sweden that holds promise for assessing text difficulty in other languages, including English. So far three separate studies have been conducted to test Lix with French and English texts, with German and English texts, and with Greek and English texts. In all three…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Foreign Countries
