Readability of Documentation for End User Searchers.

Shaw, Debora

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ERIC Number: EJ393966

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Publication Date: 1989

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Readability of Documentation for End User Searchers.

Shaw, Debora

Online Review, v13 n1 p3-8 Feb 1989

Describes a study that analyzed the readability of documentation designed for physicians searching the Physician's Data Query cancer database, using the readability formulas in AT&T's Writer's Workbench software package. The results of the analysis are discussed and suggestions for future research are made. (20 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Measurement Techniques, Online Searching, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension, Users (Information)

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Language: English

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