Readability Formulas and the Active Role of the Reader 6 min read Readability Help Readability Formulas and the Active Role of the Reader Brian Scott November 10, 2023 Imagine you’re at a bustling international airport. A sign overhead reads, “To Gates and Flights.” It’s concise, uses familiar...Read More
Lix Readability Formula: The Lasbarhetsindex Swedish Readability Formula 7 min read Readability Formulas Help Lix Readability Formula: The Lasbarhetsindex Swedish Readability Formula Brian Scott November 7, 2023 LIX is a readability measure to calculate the difficulty of reading a foreign text. The Lix Formula was developed by...Read More
How to Use the SMOG Readability Formula on Health Materials 7 min read Readability Formulas Help How to Use the SMOG Readability Formula on Health Materials David Long November 24, 2023 When Jane received her medical prescription, she was puzzled. The instructions seemed complex and riddled with medical jargon. As...Read More
Learn about the Flesch Reading Ease Formula 3 min read Readability Formulas Help Learn about the Flesch Reading Ease Formula Brian Scott October 23, 2023 Flesch Reading Ease Formula (FRE) is one of the pioneering readability formulas that is still widely used today. Rudolph...Read More
The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for Digital Content (FKGL) 7 min read Readability Formulas Help The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for Digital Content (FKGL) Brian Scott October 22, 2023 The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) is a tool that rates the difficulty of written material. Originally used for print,...Read More
Writing for 2nd Grade Readers – Syntactic Stats 8 min read Reader Profiles Writing for 2nd Grade Readers – Syntactic Stats Brian Scott September 2, 2023 A second-grade reading level refers to the literacy skills of a child in the second grade, age 7-8. This...Read More
Writing for College Student Readers – Syntactic Stats 8 min read Reader Profiles Writing for College Student Readers – Syntactic Stats Brian Scott August 31, 2023 Syntactics refers to the study of sentence structure, word order, grammar, and word usage to convey meaning effectively and...Read More