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Davison, Alice – 1985
A survey of the current research on readability formulas is presented in this paper, which distinguishes this research from research on the more general questions that surround formulas: What features of a text, particularly the language it is written in, make the text easy or difficult to read? and, What will predict that readers with particular…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Language Processing, Measurement Techniques, Readability