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    The Fog Index is a test used to determine the readability of a document. It helps identify if a text may be difficult to understand for the intended audience and could benefit from simplification. To calculate the Fog Index, the number of words, sentences, and words with three or more syllables ("big words") are counted in a sample of the text. These numbers are used to determine the average sentence length and percentage of big words. Adding the average sentence length and big word percentage and multiplying by 0.4 gives the Fog Index score, with a higher number meaning a higher education level is required to comprehend the text.

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    The Fog Index is a test used to determine the readability of a document. It helps identify if a text may be difficult to understand for the intended audience and could benefit from simplification. To calculate the Fog Index, the number of words, sentences, and words with three or more syllables ("big words") are counted in a sample of the text. These numbers are used to determine the average sentence length and percentage of big words. Adding the average sentence length and big word percentage and multiplying by 0.4 gives the Fog Index score, with a higher number meaning a higher education level is required to comprehend the text.

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    The Fog Index is a test used to determine the readability of a document. It helps identify if a text may be difficult to understand for the intended audience and could benefit from simplification. To calculate the Fog Index, the number of words, sentences, and words with three or more syllables ("big words") are counted in a sample of the text. These numbers are used to determine the average sentence length and percentage of big words. Adding the average sentence length and big word percentage and multiplying by 0.4 gives the Fog Index score, with a higher number meaning a higher education level is required to comprehend the text.

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    The Fog Index does not determine if the writing is too basic or too advanced for a particular audience;

    instead, it helps you decide whether a document could benefit from editing or using "plain language" techniques.

    How to Use the Fog Index


    1. Select a short passage and count the number of words. For a lengthy document, select several different passages and average the Fog Index. For example: SINCE John Snow, a rail-company boss, was picked this week to replace Paul ONeill as Americas treasury secretary, the talk in economic and financial circles has been all about the effect his appointment might have on economic policymaking. Among staffers at the Federal Reserve, though, much of the gossip continues to be about whenand whetherthey themselves will get a new boss. The central banks current chairman, Alan Greenspan, has been in the job since 1987; his current term expires in 2004. So, along with many Fedwatchers, insiders want to know whether Mr Greenspan will, if he seeks to, be reappointed.

    Number of words = 102 2. Count the number of sentences within the passage. Number of sentences = 4 3. Count the number of big words (3 or more syllables). Exclude words in which "es" or "ed" form the third and final syllable, hyphenated words like "state-of-the-art", and compound words like "newspaper." Number of "big words" = 9 4. Calculate the average sentence length by dividing the number of words by the number of sentences. Average sentence length = 102/4 = 25 words 5. Calculate the percentage of big words by dividing the number of big words by the number of words, and multiplying by 100. Percentage of big words = (9/102) * 100 = 11.30%

    6. Add the average sentence length to the percentage of big words and multiply that result by 0.4; thats the Fog Index score. Fog Index = (25 + 9) * 0.4 = * 0.4 = 13.6 The example passage requires an 14th grade level of reading ability. Using technical terms or jargon tends to increase Fog Index scores. If these are words that the audience would be familiar with, you dont need to count them as big words.

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