How does StyleWriter calculate the Bog Index?
StyleWriter’s Bog Index is a measure that improves on the standard readability formulas. Its key feature is to measure readability with a graded wordlist rather than simply using a syllable count, or word length. It then rates the style and readability of your document according to document type – the Writing Task and the Target Audience. Sentence Bog measures the effect of sentence length for different writing tasks. Word Bog measures word difficulty (rather than word length), abbreviations and acronyms, wordiness, passive verbs and other style issues. Pep measures features that are the hallmarks of good writing. They include proper names, interesting words, conversational expressions, direct questions, short sentences, and sentence length variety. Sentence length variety is measured by taking the sentence length standard deviation, multiplying by 10 divided by the average sentence length. Because StyleWriter’s statistics are more comprehensive and accurate than conventional readabili
