• DocumentCode
    1515045
  • Title

    Readability formulas and technical communication

  • Author

    Plung, Daniel L.

  • Author_Institution
    Technical Dept. of Exxon Nuclear Idaho Co., Inc., P. O. Box 2800, Idaho Falls, ID 83401
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    The premise upon which readability formulas operate is that short words and short sentences are the measure of readable writing. This premise has (and was acknowledgedly designed with) limitations that are too often overlooked in enthusiastic attempts to reduce all writing to simple, quantitative analysis. Among these limitations two are particularly germane to any discussion of using readability formulas for evaluating technical communication.
  • Keywords
    Complexity theory; Indexes; Materials; Readability metrics; Terminology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPC.1981.6447827
  • Filename
    6447827
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1515045