Definition: An attribute of a text used in communication process, concerning the ease of understanding the wording or other qualitative aspects of the text that facilitate comprehension.This definition was imported from the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (see https://bciosearch.org/).Comments and suggestions for improvements are welcome using the Qeios review system.Definitions imported from the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO) are what are known as 'ontological definitions'.See this article in Qeios for an explanation https://www.qeios.com/read/YGIF9B. Ontological definitions can sometimes be hard to read. In those cases we also include an informal definition.Definitions also often require elaboration to make it clear how they should be used and what they include.In those cases we include a comment.Also, definitions sometimes require an explanation as to how they came about to help users understand how they relate to alternative definitions.In those cases we include a curator note.

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Readability

2015

Broadcast news writing involves not only the basic elements of all good writing but also a number of conventions and peculiarities of its own.“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice,” wrote British writer Cyril Connolly; “journalism what will be grasped at once.” And in broadcast, it must be grasped via the ear.

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Readability

M. Cynthia Logsdon, Marianne H. Hutti · MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing · 2006

Readability is an important consideration in the choice of depression-screening instruments and written materials for consumers. Nurses using any of the four postpartum screening instruments studied can feel confident that women who can read will be able to read them. The readability of a book, pamphlet, or instrument should be of concern to nurses who work with women during the postpartum period.

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Readability

Yvette M. d’Entremont · 2014

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Readability

2003

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Readability

Adrian Wallwork · English for academic research · 2023

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Readability

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation · 2018

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Readability

2016

Software readability is introduced, including best practices to facilitate clear syntax; modular design; and standardization of code structure, naming conventions, program headers, and comments. Standardization techniques are demonstrated that can facilitate automated parsing of code to create software technical documentation, such as risk registers, reuse libraries, and reuse catalogs. Symbolism in software that can enable faster identification of software defects and deficits is demonstrated.

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On Readability

Martin Fenner · Front Matter · 2021

Readability is obviously important for any kind of scholarly communication, from writing papers to blog posts. I have written about scientific writing before (e.g. Scientific writers can help publish good papers, Books about Science Writing, Do you know the Flesch score of your papers?), and writing scholarly content that is understandable is something that can be taught and learned.

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Readability metrics

莊淇銘; Chung, Chi-ming; Youn-jon · 1990

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readability, n.

Oxford University Press eBooks · 2023

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Readability Index

Norman A. Govoni · Dictionary of Marketing Communications · 2004

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Readability Formulas

Annette N. Shelby · Management Communication Quarterly · 1992

The legitimacy and methodology of using statistical measures to assess the readability of documents has been widely debated in the business and management communication literature. This article identifies major philosophical, methodological, and pedagogical issues in the controversy and explores their implications for using numerical readability measures to assess written documents. The central philosophical issue that the article addresses relates to the “appropriate” role of scientific inquiry in rhetoric. The second issue has to do with the variables readability indexes measure. Is length a sufficient and satisfactory factor in explaining reading difficulty? Finally, the article examines the pedagogical implications of using readability formulas to teach style and suggests a tentative research agenda.

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