A Direct Comparison of the Predictive Capabilities of Two Cloze-Derived Readability Formulas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13677167 |
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| Authors | Lawrence R Miller (Ohio University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3_suppl |
| Pages | 1207-1211 |
| Publication date | 1975-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1975.37.3f.1207 |
| OpenAlex | W2048261769 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Two Cloze-derived readability equations were cross-validated on three Cloze reading comprehension tests to determine if they differed significantly in their predictive capabilities. The equations were Coleman's Formula 4 and Bormuth's Machine Computation Formula; the tests were the 1969 Bormuth Cloze Reading Comprehension Test and the 1967 Miller-Coleman Readability Scale (600 response and 2400 response conditions). Results indicated that: each formula's scores correlated significantly with reader scores on each test ( p .05); the Bormuth formula generated a significantly higher validity coefficient on the Bormuth test than the Coleman formula did ( p < .001)
Cloze test · Comprehension · Linguistics · Miller · Readability · Reading (process · Reading comprehension · Statistics · Test (biology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Text Readability and Simplification
| Highly cited | No |
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