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A Comparative Study on Modelling Readability Formulas: Focus on Primary and Secondary Textbooks

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2005, 22(4), pp.173~195
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2005.22.4.173
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : November 18, 2005
  • Accepted : December 14, 2005
  • Published : December 30, 2005

In-Sook Choi 1

1숙명여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to clarify whether readability formulas based on linguistic factors are suitable for secondary and older primary age texts. A comparison among fomulas for primary age texts, some for both primary and secondary age, and some for secondary age revealed that exclusive ones for narrow age range were more effective. A model estimating readability scores from the average number of sentences in paragraphs or a model with two factors, the average number of sentences and paragraphs in texts was found to be good one for secondary age. While a model based on total number of unique syllables or a model from total number of unique syllables and new syllable occurrence ratio was good for primary age.

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