Table 2. Regression equations to calculate language variable grade levels.
Language variable (original units) | Grade level equivalent | R-squared |
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Sentence length (x = words/sentence) | y = 1·1675x - 8·4861 | 0·98 |
Word length (x = syllables/word) | y = 28·644x - 34·572 | 0·99 |
Word familiarity (x = arbitrary units, 0–700) | y = -0·5718x + 333·94 | 0·98 |
Word imagability (x = arbitrary units, 0–700) | y = -0·4147x + 184·77 | 0·81 |