How to get levels for Fry Graph readability formula?
- by Vic
Hi,
I'm working in an application (C#) that applies some readability formulas to a text, like Gunning-Fog, Precise SMOG, Flesh-Kincaid.
Now, I need to implement the Fry-based Grade formula in my program, I understand the formula's logic, pretty much you take 3 100-words samples and calculate the average on sentences per 100-words and syllables per 100-words, and then, you use a graph to plot the values.
Here is a more detailed explanation on how this formula works.
I already have the averages, but I have no idea on how can I tell my program to "go check the graph and plot the values and give me a level." I don't have to show the graph to the user, I only have to show him the level.
I was thinking that maybe I can have all the values in memory, divided into levels, for example:
Level 1: values whose sentence average are between 10.0 and 25+, and whose syllables average are between 108 and 132.
Level 2: values whose sentence average are between 7.7 and 10.0, and .... so on
But the problem is that so far, the only place in which I have found the values that define a level, are in the graph itself, and they aren't too much accurate, so if I apply the approach commented above, trying to take the values from the graph, my level estimations would be too much imprecise, thus, the Fry-based Grade will not be accurate.
So, maybe any of you knows about some place where I can find exact values for the different levels of the Fry-based Grade, or maybe any of you can help me think in a way to workaround this.
Thanks
