Topic: Five Quantitative Measures

BriefCatch providesfive quantitative measures of writing quality.  To collapse these measures, this post uses the average (mean) as the focal variable.

BriefCatch’s scores run from zero to 100 for the five measures, which are Flow, Plain English, Punchiness, Reading Happiness and Sentence Length.

From http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/07/empir … cus-blues/ .

I don't have this software, and I suspect it's expensive.  But the five criteria are interesting, especially if they are in order of importance. For example, The Shield of Achilles is remarkably readable, especially given its sophistication.  It is also noteworthy for its many long sentences, which flow so well their length goes unnoticed.

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njc wrote:

BriefCatch providesfive quantitative measures of writing quality.  To collapse these measures, this post uses the average (mean) as the focal variable.

BriefCatch’s scores run from zero to 100 for the five measures, which are Flow, Plain English, Punchiness, Reading Happiness and Sentence Length.

Who could have guessed “reading happiness” could be measured?  Definitely gonna run my next brief to the Supreme Court through this puppy.   I mean, who would want their amicus to fail to warm the cockles of Clarence Thomas’s heart?
Clarence Thomas

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He definitely prefers a good read to a live performance.

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Who could have guessed “reading happiness” could be measured?

LOL Temple - This makes me think of Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society drawing charts and graphs on the blackboard while a student reads the intro to a poetry textbook.
On the other hand, some readings bring more happiness to more people than others.

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