'Cloze' Readability Scores as Indices of Individual Differences in Comprehension and Aptitude: Erratum

Abstract

Reports an error in the pagination reported for the article "Cloze Readability Scores as Indices of Individual Differences in Comprehension and Aptitude," by W. L. Taylor ( Journal of Applied Psychology , 1956, 40). In the volume table of contents for 1956 article is incorrectly listed as appearing on page 378 of the 1956 volume. The article is instead published in this issue (February, 1957) beginning at page 19. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1958-00960-001 .) In the "cloze procedure" the readability of a prose passage is measured by the number of deleted words readers correctly guess. To three test groups (N = 58), "easy," "hard" and "any" cloze passages were administered in a before-after design together with a knowledge pretest, and these data were related to AFQT scores. "Cloze" scores, knowledge test scores, and AFQT scores were all positively correlated. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)