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Documentation Readability

Documentation Readability is a software documentation quality attribute that characterizes the ease with which a human reader can understand, interpret, and navigate technical content based on linguistic clarity, structural coherence, and syntactic simplicity.

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2017–2026

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A plain English measure of financial reporting readability

Samuel B. Bonsall, Andrew J. Leone, Brian P. Miller et al. · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 2017 · 614 citations

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A NEW MEASURE FOR ASSESSING DOCUMENT COMPLEXITY: THE P MOSE/I KIRSCH DOCUMENT READABILITY FORMULA

Peter B. Mosenthal, Irwin S. Kirsch · Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy · 1998 · 80 citations

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On the Reading of Product Owner's Manuals: Perceptions and Product Complexity

Brad Mehlenbacher, Michael S. Wogalter, Kenneth R. Laughery · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 2002 · 74 citations

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Accounting Report Readability: The Use of Readability Techniques

Nerys Lewis, Lee D. Parker, G. D. Pound et al. · Accounting and Business Research · 1986 · 70 citations

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A NOTE ON AUDIT REPORT READABILITY

G. D. Pound · Accounting and Finance · 1981 · 58 citations

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Authors

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  1. SB
    Samuel B. Bonsall

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 654 citations

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  2. TH
    Thomas Hardie

    University of Delaware, United States

    2 publications · 20 citations

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  3. AJ
    Andrew J. Leone

    University of Miami, United States

    2 publications · 654 citations

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  4. RR
    Raufdeen Rameezdeen

    University of South Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  5. BO
    Barbara Ott

    Villanova University, United States

    2 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

47

  1. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    214 citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    654 citations

  4. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    654 citations

  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    100 citations

  6. Johannes Kepler University of Linz

    Linz, Austria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  7. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  8. Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

    The Hague, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 4 publications · 69 citations

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  2. ACM Journal of Computer Documentation

    JCD · 2 publications · 71 citations

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  3. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

    SEN · 2 publications · 59 citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 59 citations

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