Estimating Readability with a Computer: Beware the Aura of Precision.

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Estimating Readability with a Computer: Beware the Aura of Precision.

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.

Reading Teacher, v38 n4 p392-94 Jan 1985

Argues that, while computers make the computation of readability formulas easy, teachers should not forget the need to apply judgment and common sense to the results. Discusses RIXRATE, a computerized version of the Rix index and compares its performance to that of the Rauding Scale. (FL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction, Test Reliability

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Language: English

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