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Peer reviewedChase, Clinton I. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
Proposition analysis was used to equate the text base of two essays with different readability levels. Easier reading essays were given higher scores than difficult reading essays. The results appear to identify another noncontent influence on essay test scores, leaving increasingly less variance for differences in content. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Download full textBodle, John V. – 1992
A study compared six midwestern United States campus newspapers with their respective general circulation newspapers. A content analysis of these publications was designed to determine whether local news stories in daily student newspapers are as readable, interesting, and thorough as those found in general circulation daily newspapers. The daily…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Higher Education
