Analyzing Text Complexity in Political Science Research

被引：9

作者：

Cann, Damon M. ^{[1
]}

Goelzhauser, Greg ^{[1
]}

Johnson, Kaylee ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Utah State Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Logan, UT 84322 USA

来源：

PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS | 2014年 / 47卷 / 03期

关键词：

READABILITY; JOURNALS;

D O I：

10.1017/S1049096514000808

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

030201 [政治学理论];

摘要：

This article analyzes the text complexity of political science research. Using automated text analysis, we examine the text complexity of a sample of articles from three leading generalist journals and four leading subfield journals. We also examine changes in text complexity across time by analyzing a sample of articles from the discipline's flagship journal during a 100-year span. Although it is not surprising that a typical political science article is difficult to read, it is accessible to intelligent lay readers. We found little difference in text complexity across time or subfield.

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页数：4

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