TY - JOUR
T1 - The validity and reliability of short German sentences for measuring reading speed
AU - Radner, Wolfgang
AU - Obermayer, Wilfried
AU - Richter-Müksch, Sibylla
AU - Willinger, Ulrike
AU - Eisenwort, Brigitte
AU - Velikay-Parel, Michaela
N1 - Zeitschrift: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-002-0443-5
Coden: GACOD
Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Wa?hringer Gu?rtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria; University Ear Nose/Throat Clinic, Department of Phoniatry-Logopedics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Adressen: Radner, W.; Department of Ophthalmology; University of Vienna; Wa?hringer Gu?rtel 18-20 1090 Vienna, Austria; email: [email protected]
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Import aus Scopus: 2-s2.0-0036946598
Importdatum: 08.01.2007 17:34:23
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Purpose: To investigate whether short German sentences that have been developed to be highly comparable in number and length of words, as well as in difficulty and construction, are reliable and valid test items for measuring reading speed in order to use them for measuring simultaneously reading acuity and speed with the "Radner Reading Charts". Methods: Tests were performed in 198 persons: 99 university students (average age 23.6‘2.8 years) and blue-collar apprentices (average age 18.4‘2.5 years). Reading speed and the number of errors were determined first with 24 sentences for our recently developed German reading charts (14 words equal in difficulty, length and construction) and secondly with long paragraphs of the "Zuercher Reading Test" (ZRT; paragraphs 3-5, 261 words). Results: The overall mean reading speed obtained with short sentences was 209.6‘41.0 words per minute (wpm), compared with 169.2‘35.0 wpm for the ZRT (P
AB - Purpose: To investigate whether short German sentences that have been developed to be highly comparable in number and length of words, as well as in difficulty and construction, are reliable and valid test items for measuring reading speed in order to use them for measuring simultaneously reading acuity and speed with the "Radner Reading Charts". Methods: Tests were performed in 198 persons: 99 university students (average age 23.6‘2.8 years) and blue-collar apprentices (average age 18.4‘2.5 years). Reading speed and the number of errors were determined first with 24 sentences for our recently developed German reading charts (14 words equal in difficulty, length and construction) and secondly with long paragraphs of the "Zuercher Reading Test" (ZRT; paragraphs 3-5, 261 words). Results: The overall mean reading speed obtained with short sentences was 209.6‘41.0 words per minute (wpm), compared with 169.2‘35.0 wpm for the ZRT (P
U2 - 10.1007/s00417-002-0443-5
DO - 10.1007/s00417-002-0443-5
M3 - Article
VL - 240
SP - 461
EP - 467
JO - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
JF - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
SN - 0721-832X
IS - 6
ER -