Comments on: Blog Readability Test http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/ Observations and questions from Nic Price Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nic Price http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77079 Nic Price Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:26:40 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77079 Interesting, I didn't know about that thanks. I guess hiding it under Word Count doesn't help. I just tried it on a document I'd been drafting and got the following: <blockquote> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><b>Counts</b></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Words:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfWords">227</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Characters (no spaces):</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfLettersNoSpaces">1364</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Characters (with spaces):</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfLettersWithSpaces">1582</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Paragraphs:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfParagraphs">25</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Sentences:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfSentences">50</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Pages (approximate):</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfPages">2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><b>Readability</b></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Average sentences per paragraph:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfSentencesPerParagraph">2.00</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Average words per sentence:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfWordsPerSentence">4.54</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Average characters per word:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfLettersPerWord">6.01</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Average words per page:</td><td align="right"> <span id="WordCountNumberOfWordsPerPage">113.50</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Flesch Reading Ease: <small><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch-Kincaid_Readability_Test" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[?]</a></sup></small></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"> <span id="WordCountFleschReadingEase">38.62</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: <small><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch-Kincaid_Readability_Test" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[?]</a></sup></small></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"> <span id="WordCountFleschKincaidGradeLevel">9.00</span></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left: 15px;" nowrap="nowrap">Automated Readability Index: <small><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Readability_Index" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[?]</a></sup></small></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"> <span id="WordCountAutomatedReadabilityIndex">9.00</span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></blockquote> Interesting, I didn’t know about that thanks. I guess hiding it under Word Count doesn’t help.

I just tried it on a document I’d been drafting and got the following:

Counts
Words:  227
Characters (no spaces):  1364
Characters (with spaces):  1582
Paragraphs:  25
Sentences:  50
Pages (approximate):  2
Readability
Average sentences per paragraph:  2.00
Average words per sentence:  4.54
Average characters per word:  6.01
Average words per page:  113.50
Flesch Reading Ease: [?]  38.62
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: [?]  9.00
Automated Readability Index: [?]  9.00
]]> By: sam http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77073 sam Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:13:26 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77073 create a google doc, paste in some text, file / wordcount, RH col are some readability scores, click the ? for more info. PS Nice fav icon create a google doc, paste in some text, file / wordcount, RH col are some readability scores, click the ? for more info.

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]]> By: Nic Price http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77071 Nic Price Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:49:01 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77071 Sam, please elaborate! Sam, please elaborate!

]]> By: sam http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77069 sam Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:33:32 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-77069 Have you seen the readability score you can get for your writing when using google docs? Have you seen the readability score you can get for your writing when using google docs?

]]> By: David Cushman http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-76974 David Cushman Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:50:02 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/11/09/blog-readability-test/#comment-76974 Hi Nic, looks to me pretty much like the more content, the greater the IQ score (hence, wikipedia, google and bbc scoring genius!) Hi Nic, looks to me pretty much like the more content, the greater the IQ score (hence, wikipedia, google and bbc scoring genius!)

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