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Readability Studies: How Technocentrism Can Compromise Research And Legal Determinations, Louis J. Sirico Jr. Feb 2008

Readability Studies: How Technocentrism Can Compromise Research And Legal Determinations, Louis J. Sirico Jr.

Working Paper Series

One way to determine whether consumers understand a document is to use a readability formula to assign it a score. These formulas calculate readability by counting such variables as the number of words and syllables in a passage or document. The idea of readability formulas has been defined as “an equation which combines those text features that best predict text difficulty. The equation is usually developed by studying the relationship between text features (e.g., words, sentences) and text difficulty (e.g., reading comprehension, reading rate, and expert judgment of difficulty).” Even though readability formulas are mechanical and imperfect, they are easy …


Reconfiguring Law Reports And The Concept Of Precedent For A Digital Age, Peter W. Martin Jan 2008

Reconfiguring Law Reports And The Concept Of Precedent For A Digital Age, Peter W. Martin

Villanova Law Review

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