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Download full textMcEneaney, John E. – 1993
This paper describes and reports on the performance of six related artificial neural networks that have been developed for the purpose of readability analysis. Two networks employ counts of linguistic variables that simulate a traditional regression-based approach to readability. The remaining networks determine readability from "visual…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Smith, Dean R.; And Others – 1989
A three-part correlational study examined the explanatory power of the Lexile theory of reading comprehension, which was based on the semantic and syntactic components of prose. Correlations were performed between the item difficulties of nine nationally normed reading comprehension tests and computer generated difficulties which were reported in…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level
