Reply to criticism by Jenkins and Jones

Abstract

Readability is not a readily defined, fixed quality with the problem of measurement simply the problem of finding the most easily applicable yardstick. In its wider context, a readability measurement formula should be considered as a diagnostic and clinical tool in the pathology of communication. Consequently, the complexity of the new formula proposed should be balanced against its clinical value. (See 25: 7080.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)