farr.jenkins.paterson function

Readability: Farr-Jenkins-Paterson Index

This is just a convenient wrapper function for readability.

farr.jenkins.paterson(
  txt.file,
  hyphen = NULL,
  parameters = c(const = -31.517, asl = 1.015, monsy = 1.599),
  ...
)

Arguments

• txt.file: Either an object of class kRp.text, a character vector which must be be a valid path to a file containing the text to be analyzed, or a list of text features. If the latter, calculation is done by readability.num.
• hyphen: An object of class kRp.hyphen. If NULL, the text will be hyphenated automatically.
• parameters: A numeric vector with named magic numbers, defining the relevant parameters for the index, or "PSK".
• ...: Further valid options for the main function, see readability for details.

Returns

An object of class kRp.readability.

Details

Calculates the Farr-Jenkins-Paterson index, a simplified version of Flesch Reading Ease. In contrast to readability, which by default calculates all possible indices, this function will only calculate the index value.

If parameters="PSK", the revised parameters by Powers-Sumner-Kearl (1958) are used.

Examples

## Not run:

farr.jenkins.paterson(tagged.text)
## End(Not run)

References

Farr, J.N., Jenkins, J.J. & Paterson, D.G. (1951). Simplification of Flesch Reading Ease formula. Journal of Applied Psychology, 35(5), 333--337.

Powers, R.D, Sumner, W.A, & Kearl, B.E. (1958). A recalculation of four adult readability formulas, Journal of Educational Psychology, 49(2), 99--105.

See Also

flesch