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The Fry Graph: Validation of the College Levels.
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Longo, Judith A. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Validates the college-level designation of the Fry Graph using comparative validity data. (AEA)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Materials
Validation of the Fry Readability Graph, Levels 13-17.
Longo, Judith A. – 1977
Validity, the most critical of readability formula characteristics, requires that a measuring device actually measure what is intended to be measured. To examine validity, a study was conducted in which ten popular handbooks used in the teaching of college freshman composition were examined for comparative validity data--the extent to which scores…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas