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Readability

Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text. The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages, though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect…

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Readability

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples100
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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related to Readability studies · 21
Readability → Bryson, Columbia University, Douglas Waples, During, Even, Great Depression, He, If, In, Irving Lorge, It, Lyman Bryson, Ralph Tyler, Read About, Readability Laboratory, Rudolf Flesch, Teachers College, Their, They, Two
related to Formula refinement and variants · 18
Readability → Chall, Clear Writing, Dale, Edgar Dale, Fog Index, Harvard Reading Laboratory, He, However, In, Irving Lorge, Jeanne, New Dale, Ohio State University, One, Robert Gunning, The, The Technique, Thorndike's
related to Readership formula adoption · 12
Readability → Another, Donald Murphy, He, In, Investigators, Marks, One, PhD, Readable Style, Rudolf Flesch, The, Wallace's Farmer
related to Artificial intelligence · 11
Readability → Ani Nenkova, Automatic Readability Assessment, Emily Pitler, In, It, Pennsylvania, Some, The, These, University, Unlike
related to Golub Syntactic Density Score · 11
Readability → Finally, It, Lester Golub, Other, Score, T-unit, T-units, The, The Golub Syntactic Density, To, Users
related to Lexico-semantic · 7
Readability → Average, Below, COCA, Contemporary American English, Corpus, The, To
related to External links · 6
Readability → Many, Readability Tests, Scores, Scoring Tool, TestsText Content Analysis Tool, UsingEnglish
related to Definition · 4
Readability → Different, For, In, The
is a · 2
Readability → concept that involves audience, ease with which a reader can understand a written text
has application · 2
Readability → English, Much

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reading text formula ease used words found readers published read formulas also level word length one texts sentence new features

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Readabilityis aease with which a reader can understand a written text0.90text
Readabilityis aconcept that involves audience0.90text
programmer commentsinstance ofthings0.80text
choice of loop structureinstance ofthings0.80text
and choice of names can determine the ease with which humans can read computer program code.Higher readability in a text eases reading effortinstance ofthings0.80text
speed for the general population of readersinstance ofthings0.80text
statistical average word lengthinstance ofThe tests generate a score based on characteristics0.80text
Readabilityhas applicationMuch0.60section
Readabilityhas applicationEnglish0.60section
Readabilityrelated to Artificial intelligenceUnlike0.60section
Readabilityrelated to Artificial intelligenceAutomatic Readability Assessment0.60section
Readabilityrelated to Artificial intelligenceThese0.60section

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