{"id":492,"date":"2005-04-28T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2005-04-28T19:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=492"},"modified":"2005-04-28T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2005-04-28T19:57:36","slug":"web-site-readability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/28\/web-site-readability\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Site Readability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicystudio.com\/fog\/index.asp\">Juicy Studio<\/a> offers an interesting service that allows the user to &#8220;calculate&#8221; the readability of a web site. Readability is an estimate of the difficulty of text and various indexes use word or sentence length and similar quantitative variables to estimate difficulty. I have done reading research during my career and I do know that there are &#8220;issues&#8221; with simple quantitative approaches. However, the concept is interesting and the variables provide a useful starting point for analysis.<\/p>\n<p>I applied this tool to one of our online book chapter summaries (<a href=\"http:\/\/ndwild.psych.und.nodak.edu\/book\/book4\/summary\/chap2.html\">Chapter 2<\/a>) and learned that the document was written at the level of &#8220;academic paper.&#8221; Of course, this would have been our intent.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/readability.jpg' alt=''Readability Chart\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_492\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"492\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juicy Studio offers an interesting service that allows the user to &#8220;calculate&#8221; the readability of a web site. 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