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Subject:Quality metrics and Ode to Spellcheckers From:Jacobs Chris <jacobs_chris -at- SMTPMAC -dot- BAH -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 6 Jan 1994 12:47:31 U
Item of Interest:
I ran the Ode through the Flesch model -- it received an extremely high score
on readability: 112.5, in fact. This ode says as much about the measurability
of quality in writing as it does about spellcheckers. Until someone finds a
way to measure meaning, I fear that statistics will only be useful as
confirmations of human judgement. Stick with the customer for your metrics!
