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== Quantifying Liberal Style ==

== Quantifying Liberal Style ==

Statistical methods have been widely used to quantify a wide range of characteristics of writing.  For example, the Fleisch-Kincaid grade level and reading ease scores may be computed by almost any word processor, including many versions of [[Microsoft Word]].  These scores attempt to assess the level of sophistication of samples of writing, and have been used to give concrete evidence of a dumbing-down of presidential [[inaugural address|inaugural addresses]] over time.  Great Britain is even considering implementing computerized grading of essays on some standardized tests.  Given the objective nature of many of the characteristics of liberal style identified in this article, it is natural to devise analogous measures of the degree of liberal style of a specimen of writing.  

Statistical methods have been used to quantify a wide range of characteristics of writing.  For example, the Fleisch-Kincaid grade level and reading ease scores may be computed by almost any word processor, including many versions of [[Microsoft Word]].  These scores attempt to assess the level of sophistication of samples of writing, and have been used to give concrete evidence of a dumbing-down of presidential [[inaugural address|inaugural addresses]] over time.  Great Britain is even considering implementing computerized grading of essays on some standardized tests.  Given the objective nature of many of the characteristics of liberal style identified [[Liberal style|at Conservapedia]], it is natural to devise analogous measures of the degree of liberal style of a specimen of writing.  

A rough formula to measure the liberal style of a passage, adapted to Wiki-style websites, is

A rough formula to measure the liberal style of a passage, adapted to Wiki-style websites, is