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Simplification of literary and scientific texts to improve reading fluency and comprehension in beginning readers of French
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In: ISSN: 0142-7164 ; EISSN: 1469-1817 ; Applied Psycholinguistics ; https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03549026 ; Applied Psycholinguistics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022, pp.1-28. ⟨10.1017/S014271642100062X⟩ (2022)
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Vikidia En/Fr bilingual dataset for Automatic Readability Assessment ...
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Vikidia En/Fr bilingual dataset for Automatic Readability Assessment ...
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Verhaltenswirkungen von Lesbarkeit und einer Fremdsprache im Management Reporting: Experimentelle Studien
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Using broad linguistic complexity modeling for cross-lingual readability assessment ...
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"Einfache" Wörter für Leseanfänger. Kriterien und Auswahllisten "leseleichter" Wörter
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In: 2021, 43 S. (2021)
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Информация в юридической деятельности: проблемы ее оформления и восприятия ... : Information in Legal Activity: Problems of its Registration and Perception ...
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Cognitively Driven Arabic Text Readability Assessment Using Eye-Tracking
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In: Applied Sciences ; Volume 11 ; Issue 18 (2021)
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Assessing Communicative Effectiveness of Public Health Information in Chinese: Developing Automatic Decision Aids for International Health Professionals
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In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ; Volume 18 ; Issue 19 (2021)
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TRUNAJOD: A text complexity library to enhance natural language processing ...
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TRUNAJOD: A text complexity library to enhance natural language processing ...
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The Influence of the Gender Asterisk ("Gendersternchen") on Comprehensibility and Interest
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In: Frontiers in psychology 12 (2021) 760062. - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.76006 -- Front Psychol -- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1525/ -- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2563826 -- 1664-1078 -- 1664-1078 (2021)
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The impact of textual features on cost of equity capital : the case of UK annual reports
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Inteligibilidade e convencionalidade em textos de divulgação da área médica em português brasileiro ; Readability and conventionality in expository texts in Brazilian Portuguese
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Textual analysis of artificial intelligence manuscripts reveals features associated with peer review outcome
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An Information Theoretic Analysis of Multimodal Readability
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’n Vergelykende ondersoek na die Afrikaans- en Zulu-vertalings van “South Africa’s Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects” deur Adam Habib
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 61, Iss 0, Pp 17-32 (2021) (2021)
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Plain Language Study of U.S. Army Human Resources Information
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This plain language study explored whether the average soldier could read and comprehend the Army’s human resources information and whether the average grade level completed for soldiers was the same as the average reading grade level of human resources documents. A random sampling of 250 Army human resources documents were scored for reading ease and grade level using the Flesch-Kincaid reading ease tool. The average educational attainment of soldiers, based on Department of Defense data, established a target grade level score of equal to or less than nine and a reading ease score of equal to or above 60. The results of a one-sample t-test indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean reading ease score of 23.8 for the Army’ human resources information and the mean reading ability of 60 for soldiers. The results of an additional one-sample t-test for grade level also indicate that there is a statistically significance difference between the reading grade level score of nine for soldiers and the average reading grade level of 14 for the Army’s human resources information. The mean reading ease score of the Army’s human resources information would have to be almost 40 points higher on the Flesch- Kincaid reading ease scale and four to five grade levels lower to be easily understood by the average soldier. Utilizing transfer theory, which is grounded in the theory of pragmatism and calls for academics to share practical, real-world solutions with practioners, this study proposes the implementation of a Plain Language Checklist. This checklist could help the Army develop clearer, easier to understand information. Plain language human resources information would benefit the careers of individual soldiers who need to be able to understand and act on benefits, promotion, training, and education opportunities while saving HRC resources in terms of employees time and enhancing the Army’s talent management initiatives and overall recruiting and retention goals. Keywords: Plain Language, Readability, Military, U.S. Army, Flesch-Kincaid reading ease, Human Resources ; Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 -- Statement of the Problem 1 -- Urgency of the Problem 2 -- Barriers to Implementing Plain Language 5 -- Pragmatism as a Conceptual Framework for the Study 6 -- Purpose of the Study 7 -- Research Questions and Hypothesis 8 -- Definition of Terms 9 -- Procedures 10 -- Significance of the Study 10 -- Limitations of the Study 11 -- Organization of the Study 12 -- Chapter II: LITERATURE REVIEW 14 -- Organization of Literature Review 15 -- Theoretical Framework for Plain Language Study 15 -- History of the Plain Language Movement 22 -- U.S. Army and Plain Language Research 24 -- Plain Language Increases Understanding and Saves Organization’s Money 29 -- Clear Need for Plain Language Focus in Army Communications 30 -- Army’s Focus on Writing Guidance has not Increased Readability 31 -- Conflicts and Controversies in Plain Language Literature 33 -- Criticism of Readability Formulas 35 -- Gaps in Plain Language Lirterature 40 -- Statement of Problem 42 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 49 -- Introduction 49 -- Methodology 50 -- Research questions 52 -- Data Collection 54 -- Instrumentation 57 -- Research Procedures 59 -- Data Analysis 61 -- Measuring Soldiers’ Education Levels 61 -- Analytic Procedures 65 -- Research Limitations 67 -- Chapter IV: RESULTS 70 -- Introduction 70 -- Variables Used in Statistical Analysis 71 -- Reading Ease Score Assumptions 72 -- Testing of Research Question One 74 -- Reading Ease Score Descriptive Statistics 74 -- Reading Ease Score Results 75 -- Grade Level Score Assumptions 77 -- Testing of Research Question Two 80 -- Grade Level Score Descriptive Statistics 80 -- Grade Level Score Results 80 -- Conclusion 82 -- Chapter V: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 86 -- Summary of the Problem 86 -- Reading Ease Score Results 87 -- Grade Level Score Results 87 -- Findings in context of Plain Language Literature 88 -- Implications for Theory 90 -- Meaning of Results 91 -- Potential Explanations for Results 92 -- Implications of Results 93 -- Recommendations 94 -- Implement Practical Guidance Grounded in Theory 94 -- Plain Language Checklist 96 -- Constraints of Implementing a Plain Language Checklist 98 -- Future Research 102 -- Conclusion 106 -- REFERENCES 108 -- APPENDIX A: Figure 1: Army Human Resources Service Center Inquiries 120 -- APPENDIX B: Institutional Review Board Approval 122 -- APPENDIX C: Table 2: Most visited HRC Web Pages and Most Popular Social Media 127 -- APPENDIX D: Table 3: U.S. Army Enlisted and Officer Education Levels 146 -- APPENDIX E: Figure 2: U.S. Army Enlisted and Officer Education Levels 148 -- APPENDIX F: HRC Plain Language Checklist 150 ; Peterson, Bonnie ; Peterson, James ; Bauer, Jeremy ; D.PA. ; Public Administration
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Academic--United States; Armed Forces; Dissertations; Personnel management; Readability (Literary style); United States. Army
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URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4991
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