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Schultheis, Robert A.; Anderson, Roberta – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1982
McLaughlin's Smog Index was compared to the Dale-Chall formula for the determination of reading levels of 48 textbooks in business and distributive education. A Modified Smog Index proved a valid substitute for the Dale-Chall formula when used to evaluate the reading levels of business and distributive education narrative. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Business Education, Distributive Education, Readability, Readability Formulas

McConnell, Campbell R. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Determines from empirical information on the application of four readability formulas to a group of widely used college economics textbooks that there is no consistency in the absolute reading levels or the rank orderings of these books. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Higher Education, Readability

Standal, Timothy – Computers in the Schools, 1987
Discussion of the notion of readability focuses on predicting readability with computerized readability formulas. Semantic and syntactic factors are discussed, the development of readability formulas is described, and five commercially available computer readability formulas are reviewed, including the Readability Estimator, Readability Formulas,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Microcomputers, Predictive Measurement
Rush, R. Timothy – 1984
Noting that readability formulas are strictly text-based and therefore do not reflect the interactive nature of the reading process, this paper argues that many of the instructional material evaluations for which such formulas are used are inappropriate and offers more reader-based alternatives to the use of formulas. The first half of the paper…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Readability