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Peer reviewedFoulger, Davis – Journalism Quarterly, 1978
Demonstrates a procedure for simplifying the reading ease formula and procedures developed by Rudolph Flesch, with no loss in accuracy. (GW)
Descriptors: Improvement, Measurement Techniques, Readability, Readability Formulas
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
