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| Dale Chall Readability Formula | 1 |
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| Fry Readability Formula | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMcConnell, Campbell – Journal of Economic Education, 1983
The Flesch reading formula is questioned as being appropriate for evaluating college economics textbooks. The Dale-Chall, Modified Dale-Chall, Fry, and Flesch formulas were used to evaluate nine introductory textbooks. There was little or no consistency in either the absolute reading levels or the rank orderings. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economics Education, Educational Research, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading World, 1982
Evaluates the practicability of the Singer Eyeball Estimate of Readability (SEER) techniques with 32 college students. Reveals that only two of the students met SEER's criterion for being considered acceptable judges. Concludes that the criterion is overly stringent and proposes a revised criterion designed to make the SEER technique more…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedNguyen, Liem T.; Henkin, Alan B. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes a revised readability formula for Vietnamese that differentiates between Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese compound words and discusses its validity and reliability. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Research
