koRpus (version 0.04-40)

danielson.bryan: Readability: Danielson-Bryan

Description

This is just a convenient wrapper function for readability.

Usage

danielson.bryan(txt.file,
    db1 = c(cpb = 1.0364, cps = 0.0194, const = 0.6059),
    db2 = c(const = 131.059, cpb = 10.364, cps = 0.194),
    ...)

Arguments

txt.file

Either an object of class kRp.tagged-class, 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, c

db1

A numeric vector with named magic numbers, defining the relevant parameters for the first formula (regression).

db2

A numeric vector with named magic numbers, defining the relevant parameters for the second formula (cloze equivalent).

...

Further valid options for the main function, see readability for details.

Value

• An object of class kRp.readability-class.

Details

Calculates the two Danielson-Bryan formulas. In contrast to readability, which by default calculates all possible indices, this function will only calculate the index value.

This formula doesn't need syllable count.

Examples

danielson.bryan(tagged.text)