Comments on: Reading level? http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/ The library voice of the radical middle. Sun, 06 Nov 2016 03:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7 By: Ruth Ellen http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29989 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:47:53 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29989 Thanks for the lead to Bad Science.

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By: Angel http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29986 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:25:31 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29986 I did it for my personal blog (The Itinerant Librarian), and I got the high school level. Fun fiction as you point out. I found the ad for the cashing service annoying and rude, so I also fixed the code before putting it in to the blog (it did not say anywhere I could not do it).

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By: Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29984 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:27:24 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29984 I got the same result. I feel a bit better knowing I’m in good company….

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By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29983 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:48:52 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29983 Isabelle, Peter, I can see why both got that rating–relatively long sentences, relatively long paragraphs (relative to most blogs), and in recent days some relatively long post. Peter: The press release you cited in full may have done it all by itself. (And, sigh, Isabelle: Just as I’m trying to cut down on subscriptions, I find yours. Since I might consider myself “senior” in another decade or two, I’ll check it out. Right now, I’m only 62, but time goes on.)

Mark, Jennifer: Well, I’m fine with the rating. I aim for W.a.r. to be casual and an easy read. And, actually, “high school” for C&I is about right for most essays. I intentionally break down some of my more complex sentences and paragraphs (when I remember), and try not to be too sesquipedalian…

Oh, by the way, Isabelle: Not that I think you should add the graphic (I almost never do that)–but I just trimmed the ad out of the HTML as I copied it in. Nothing on the other site says I can’t do that.

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By: Talking Books Librarian http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29982 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:45:59 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29982 Hey, I just saw David Lee King’s post about this too…

My blog tested at genius level…. (see http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/)

I just assumed it meant that everyone reading my blog must be a genius, ha ha! 🙂

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By: Mark http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29981 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:54:14 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29981 I got the same as you, Walt. I wonder about how and how much it is evaluating.

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29979 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:56:36 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29979 I rated “Genius” level as well. Except, hmmm, that isn’t my target audience… Perhaps you and I should merge content, Walt. Then we’d hit just about the right sweet-spot. 😉

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By: Isabelle Fetherston http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29978 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:13:46 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29978 I have no idea how this test evaluates readability. My blog comes out as “Genius” level and that is very strange. It is a blog that discusses library services to older adults and provides research and statistics about older adults. I did not add the graphic to my blog – because of the ad and because I do not think that it is an accurate test.

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By: Jennifer Macaulay http://walt.lishost.org/2007/11/reading-level/comment-page-1/#comment-29975 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:43:26 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=660#comment-29975 I got the same result!!!! Hmm, is right.

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