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Afflerbach, Peter P.; And Others – 1979
A study of the application forms for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, public assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, and Medicare was conducted to examine the frequently occurring unfamiliar, specialized vocabulary words. It was found that 76 such words occurred at least ten times in the documents studied. A large number of other…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Functional Reading, Literacy Education, Questionnaires
