• DocumentCode
    766041
  • Title

    Testing the Readability of Engineering Writing

  • Author

    Docter, Stewart

  • Author_Institution
    Advance Projects Development Section, Heavy Military Electronics Dept., General Electric Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1961
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Lastpage
    96
  • Abstract
    The question discussed here is whether or not scientific writing can be made more readable by using a "readability formula." The methods of Flesch readability testing are described briefly. The applicability to technical writing is limited but the technique does seem useful for improving the language network connecting technical terms.
  • Keywords
    Books; Government; Joining processes; Length measurement; Military communication; Readability metrics; Speech; Testing; Vocabulary; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Writing and Speech, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0893-7869
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEWS.1961.4322740
  • Filename
    4322740