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Peer reviewedChrist, William G.; Pharr, Paula – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
A study of the readability of governmental pamphlets produced by the State of Florida, based on the use of the Flesch Reading Ease Formula and the Dale-Chall Formula, suggests that if a seventh or eighth grade readability level is considered an appropriate standard for public information brochures, the brochures tested may be too complex…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Information Dissemination, Readability, Readability Formulas
Download full textOlmstead, Phyllis M. – 1993
A study analyzed the readability of seven central Florida newspapers (one of which is a college newspaper) and "USA Today.""Rightwriter," a grammar checker and readability computer program, was used to evaluate front page articles for each of the eight newspapers. The readability formulas invoked in the readability program…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Content Analysis, Correlation, Higher Education
