03-02-2011
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Readability continued

The previous post listed a lot of formula’s. They sure look nice but things start to get interesting when you can see the actual results of the described formula’s.

The test version I created does not include LIX, FORCAST, Dale-Chall and Spache yet. They need a little more tweaking before I can use them as proper comparison tool for the other tests.

Figure 1. Readability test with (again) the column of Don Norman.

The indexed grades vary from 11.4 up to 15.8, meaning a difference of four grades. That is quite a big gap if I want to use this information as input for my visual model. I might need to think of a way to average the results realistically or use only one method instead of all.

When the tool is fully finished I will embed it in this blog too. Although maybe I won’t if all the grade come out low.

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It would be interesting to see (or graph) the readability grades for different texts, to see some context so you can compare the usefulness of the different formulas.

Koen on 03-02-2011 at 16:53.

@Koen: Context is always important as you point out correctly. That’s why I want to test the formula’s some more with my own blog posts as input. I’ll be sure to add several fancy graphs in the review, specially for you!

Servé on 03-02-2011 at 18:40.

Sweet.

Koen on 03-02-2011 at 22:16.
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