DocumentCode
911487
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
Volume
32
Issue
1
fYear
1989
fDate
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
41
Lastpage
47
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 It assesses readability by measuring readers´ success in supplying deleted words that have been replaced by blanks.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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/47.21861
Filename
21861
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