Flesch–Kincaid readability test

How to Write Understandably We’ve all been there. Somebody gives us a paper to peer-review and it’s practically written in Greek. Eager to demonstrate their mastery of English, the author includes sentences like “The intentional obfuscation of one’s premeditation leads invariably to the unfortunate mystification of one’s readership.” What? (In plain English, this sentence means “Using big words to hide your purpose will confuse your reader.”) Spelling errors can hamper your reader’s ability to

percent of what their physicians told them (Lay, 1985) To improve compliance and retain information written educational and informational materials are “an important and potentially useful means to complement verbal instructions, assure that consent for tests and procedures is informed, and enhance compliance with treatment ‘ (Zion & Aiman, 1989). However, most often health care provides are faced with challenges to determine which written educational information materials are suitable for their patients

Introduction Text analysis makes qualitative research faster and easier by highlighting important terms and allowing us to categorize open-ended responses. The ability to analyze what your respondents say helps you gain insight into their attitudes, behaviors, concerns, motivations, and culture. The qualitative content analysis, focus is more on the intentionality and it implications. While the quantitative content analysis transforms observations of finding categories into quantitative statistical

People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are often misunderstood and discriminated by society at large and many health professionals. Furthermore, Spanish speakers face additional barriers. Due to such marginalization, dental services, while essential, can be neglected. This can result in tooth loss, infection, or other ailments that can rapidly deteriorate the health of persons with compromised immune systems. With the creation of a robust and culturally competent assessment tool that evaluates the needs

Health Literacy On October 12, 2017, Joan Morris, MSHA, MBA, RN, spoke with LEND trainees about Health Literacy. Joan defined health literacy as, “the ability to read, understand and act on health care information”. Many influences impact health literacy, including environmental factors such as socioeconomic status, occupation, employment, income, social support, media, language, and culture, in addition to a person’s physical qualities like age, gender, vision, hearing, verbal ability, memory,

hypothesis. This type of design does not allow the evaluator to approximate the degree of bias from the threats to internal validity. To increase the reliability of this design and to control for history bias the pre-test should be administered right before the intervention and the post-test should be administered soon after the program (Sharma & Petosa,

marriage (item 10). To combat response acquiescence bias, items 6, 8 and 9 of the Marriage Perception scale were reverse scored. Item 10 addressed various influential factors that may impact attitudes towards marriage. A readability analysis of the questionnaire resulted in a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 5.8. The questionnaire was uploaded on Google forms and the link was randomly distributed to participants via email to complete the ten questions. Results

Mixed Method Research Manuscript Silva Adeniyi R7001 - Introduction to Research Methods Instructor – Dr. Giselle A. Stone Argosy University, Atlanta June 11, 2013 Research Manuscript Goering, C. Z., PhD., & Baker, K. F., PhD. (2010). "Like the whole class has reading problems": A study of oral reading fluency activities in a high intervention setting. American Secondary Education, 39(1), 61-77. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/814393096?accountid=34899 Type of Study

The early 1990’s were a period of change for America. America was fresh off the ending of the Cold War and had newly elected President Bill Clinton. This was the first Democratic president since Jimmy Carter, who led from 1977-81. Americans voted for change and Bill Clinton brought forth that message in his 1993 inaugural address. Bill Clinton strongly and confidently addressed the world on January 20, 1993. He called for a renewal of America through positive change and increased responsibility amongst

Nursing Considerations for Education: Literacy, Methods and Materials Since nurses provide most of the health information that patients receive, they must be aware of the factors that influence communication and interpretation. Removing barriers and facilitating learning are tasks that nurses accept as they seek to improve the quality of care to patients. In this week’s reading, we learned about the aspects of health literacy, instructional methods, and educational materials. These are three elements