I never realized it was possible to objectively measure readability, but it seems not only does such a metric exist, but you can test the readability of your own introductions here.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Read This When Your Annoying Advisor Asks You to Rewrite that Introduction...Again
A new paper, just published Economics Letters, measures the "readability" of the introductions to papers published in the American Economic Review, and then shows that the most unreadable papers have fewer citations.
I never realized it was possible to objectively measure readability, but it seems not only does such a metric exist, but you can test the readability of your own introductions here.
I never realized it was possible to objectively measure readability, but it seems not only does such a metric exist, but you can test the readability of your own introductions here.
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Just saw this: https://twitter.com/johnjhorton/status/1122156588737994752
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