Reprint 105 Introduction to This Classic Reprint and Commentaries Bob Waite Dept 52X, Bldg. 004-2 IBM Corporation Rochester, MN 55901 rwaite@us.ibm.com I n his introduction to The Measurement of Readability, George R. Klare describes the book as primarily a review of research literature in the field of readability, together with an analysis of trends and conclusions that can be drawn from the existing data (Klare, 1963, p. 1). In other words, rather than present just the author s position on readability, it summarizes the larger state of contemporary research, especially as it relates to readability formulas. Although Klare cautions, Primarily, a formula is a means of rating a piece of writing after it has been written (p. 18), he also says, In this book, readability formula refers to a method of measurement intended as a predictive device that will provide quantitative, objective estimates of the style difficulty of writing (p.3; italics Klare s). Chapter one of Klare s book begins with a goal statement: the importance of readable writing for the reader s sake. Then it reviews five principles of writing readably, discusses how to use a readability formula, and explains how to choose
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Introduction to this classic reprint and commentaries
Waite, Bob
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, Volume 24 (3)
Association for Computing Machinery – Aug 1, 2000
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