The validity and reliability of short German sentences for measuring reading speed

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...

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Published in:Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology 2002-06, Vol.240 (6), p.461-467
Main Authors: RADNER, Wolfgang, OBERMAYER, Wilfried, RICHTER-MUEKSCH, Sibylla, WILLINGER, Ulrike, VELIKAY-PAREL, Michaela, EISENWORT, Brigitte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Dyslexia - diagnosis
Germany
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Language
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques
Reading
Reproducibility of Results
Vision Tests - methods
Visual Acuity
Vocabulary
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Summary: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". 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). 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
ISSN:0721-832X
1435-702X
DOI:10.1007/s00417-002-0443-5