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Publication Date: 1981-Feb
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Five Readability Estimates: Differential Effects of Simplifying a Document.
Trapini, Fred; Walmsley, Sean
Journal of Reading, v24 n5 p398-403 Feb 1981
Findings indicate that different readability formulas will not record the same degree of change in readability level if easier synonyms are inserted, sentences shortened, or text rewritten for simplification. (MKM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Functional Reading, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Research
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Language: English
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