Development and Validation of an Equation for Predicting the Comprehensibility of Textual Material.

Abstract

Norms for Air Force technical training materials were developed for seven previously developed Structure-of-Intellect and seven psycholinguistically oriented variables which have been used to assess the readability/comprehensibility of textual materials. Separate norms are presented for Air Force study guides, manuals, career development course materials, and technical orders. An 'overall' norm is also presented along with norms on the same variables for a small sample of general literature. A multiple linear regression equation, which relates the various comprehensibility measures to measured comprehensibility, was developed and cross-validated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040755

Entities

People

  • Allan R. Williams
  • Arthur I. Siegel
  • James R. Burkett
  • Steven D. Groff

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Equations
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Ions
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Pennsylvania
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • Validation

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  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.