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ERIC Number: EJ475605
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2816
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Assessing the Readability of Government Accounting Standards: The Cloze Procedure.
Shaffer, Raymond J.; And Others
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v23 n3 p259-67 1993
Argues the cloze procedure is the appropriate method of assessing the readability of business writing. Uses this procedure to determine the readability of a statement issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Finds one important GASB statement unreadable by college-level readers. (NH)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Technical Writing, Writing Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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