Title :
The cloze procedure: assessing the understandability of an IEEE standard
Author :
Guillemette, Ronald A.
Author_Institution :
Manage. Inf. Syst., Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
fDate :
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A description is given of the cloze procedure, which has been used to measure the readability of many different types of written materials such as textbooks and works of literature. It assesses readability by measuring readers´ success in supplying deleted words that have been replaced by blanks. The procedure was used to test the readability of an IEEE standard, and the results are compared with readability scores for the same work computed by other formulas
Keywords :
standards; technical presentation; IEEE standard; cloze procedure; readability; understandability; written materials; Communication standards; Communication system control; Computer applications; Data processing; Management information systems; Measurement standards; Production; Readability metrics; Testing; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
