Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Content Analysis | 4 |
Newspapers | 4 |
Readability | 4 |
Readability Formulas | 4 |
Reading Research | 2 |
Adults | 1 |
Audience Awareness | 1 |
Books | 1 |
Comparative Analysis | 1 |
Computation | 1 |
Corporations | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Büsra Ergin | 1 |
Kaestle, Carl F. | 1 |
Olmstead, Phyllis M. | 1 |
Smith, Kay L. | 1 |
Smith, Ron F. | 1 |
Trollinger, William V. | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 4 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Historical Materials | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Flesch Reading Ease Formula | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Büsra Ergin – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
The study was carried out with 45 web pages reached as a result of scanning the relevant keywords in the 'Google' search engine, eliminating repetitive web pages, and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Content analysis, readability calculation, and statistical analyses of the data obtained from web-based information sources were…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Web Sites, Search Engines, Readability

Smith, Ron F.; Smith, Kay L. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Reports on a study that examined 15 randomly selected issues of a newspaper to determine if the readability scores for stories written in different writing styles are consistent when assessed by different tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Newspapers, Readability
Olmstead, Phyllis M. – 1993
A study analyzed the readability of seven central Florida newspapers (one of which is a college newspaper) and "USA Today.""Rightwriter," a grammar checker and readability computer program, was used to evaluate front page articles for each of the eight newspapers. The readability formulas invoked in the readability program…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Content Analysis, Correlation, Higher Education
Trollinger, 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