Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents
This paper describes measurement of the readability of a range of Australian Governments' work health and safety (WHS) documents covering a range of WHS topics and comparing these with what is known of adult literacy levels in Australia. Readability was measured using an algorithm developed by...
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| description | This paper describes measurement of the readability of a range of Australian Governments' work health and safety (WHS) documents covering a range of WHS topics and comparing these with what is known of adult literacy levels in Australia. Readability was measured using an algorithm developed by McLaughlin. The results on the limited sample indicate that a significant part of the working population would have difficulty using these documents, without assistance. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-180432018-09-07T01:28:06Z Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents Taylor, Geoffrey literacy levels readability safety and health documents This paper describes measurement of the readability of a range of Australian Governments' work health and safety (WHS) documents covering a range of WHS topics and comparing these with what is known of adult literacy levels in Australia. Readability was measured using an algorithm developed by McLaughlin. The results on the limited sample indicate that a significant part of the working population would have difficulty using these documents, without assistance. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18043 CCH Australia Limited fulltext |
| spellingShingle | literacy levels readability safety and health documents Taylor, Geoffrey Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title | Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title_full | Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title_fullStr | Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title_short | Read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| title_sort | read it and heed it - readability of safety documents |
| topic | literacy levels readability safety and health documents |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18043 |