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Download full textTrollinger, William V.; Kaestle, Carl F. – 1986
This study assessed the readability of popular print material (newspapers, magazines, and books) published in 1920. Selected passages from these books and articles were analyzed using the Flesch Reading Ease test and other, more theoretically interesting and relevant, readability formulas. Results indicated that "highbrow" publications…
Descriptors: Adults, Content Analysis, Educational History, Fiction
Peer reviewedDuffy, Thomas M.; Kabance, Paula – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
The present findings imply that a readability formula is not an effective writing production criterion, even when the writer does not deliberately write to the formula. Comprehensibility of text might be better controlled through the proper use of the transformer concept (MacDonald-Ross and Waller). (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level
