Some Observations on Producing and Measuring Readable Writing
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Programmed Learning and Educational Technology
- Vol. 17 (3) , 164-174
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0033039800170306
Abstract
This paper describes (i) how we rewrote a piece of technical text to make it easier to understand, and (ii) how we attempted to measure our success at this task. The purpose of the paper is to chart the difficulties in which we found ourselves and to make the task easier for others who may wish to follow our path.Keywords
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