This 2015 website from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality tells why it’s important to be cautious when using readability formulas. It also provides strategies for using them.
Writing Tips, Tip 6: Use Caution With Readability Formulas for Quality Reports
Communication
- Topic
- Readability
- Audience
- Health Educators and Patient Educators, Communication and Plain-Language Professionals
- Setting
- General / Multiple Settings
- Level
- Applied