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. 2007 Aug 1;2(8):e680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000680

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.