koRpus (version 0.04-40)

wheeler.smith: Readability: Wheeler-Smith Score

Description

This is just a convenient wrapper function for readability.

Usage

wheeler.smith(txt.file, hyphen = NULL,
    parameters = c(syll = 2), ...)

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

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.

...

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

Value

• An object of class kRp.readability-class.

Details

This function calculates the Wheeler-Smith Score. In contrast to readability, which by default calculates all possible indices, this function will only calculate the index value.

If parameters="de", the calculation stays the same, but grade placement is done according to Bamberger & Vanecek (1984), that is for german texts.

References

Bamberger, R. & Vanecek, E. (1984). Lesen--Verstehen--Lernen--Schreiben. Wien: Jugend und Volk.

Wheeler, L.R. & Smith, E.H. (1954). A practical readability formula for the classroom teacher in the primary grades. Elementary English, 31, 397--399.

Examples

wheeler.smith(tagged.text)