Table 3. Three ways to measure reading rate.
Rate | Silent page | Oral page | Oral RSVP | Mean±SD | |
L+W+S | 289 | 251 | 437 | 326±98 | word/min |
L | 159 | 140 | 240 | 180±53 | word/min |
W | 55 | 29 | 86 | 57±29 | word/min |
S | 74 | 82 | 111 | 89±19 | word/min |
RMS ε | 15 | 18 | 34 | 22±10 | word/min |
L/(L+W+S) | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.55±0.01 | |
W/(L+W+S) | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.17±0.05 | |
S/(L+W+S) | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.28±0.04 | |
RMS ε/(L+W+S) | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.07±0.01 |
Parameters of the model's fit to observer EK's reading rates for the three kinds of reading.