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Autor/inn/en | Yi, Lan; Yang, Xiaohu |
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Titel | Are Lay Abstracts Published in "Autism" Readable Enough for the General Public? A Short Report |
Quelle | In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 27 (2023) 8, S.2555-2559 (5 Seiten)
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Yang, Xiaohu) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1362-3613 |
DOI | 10.1177/13623613231163083 |
Schlagwörter | Autism Spectrum Disorders; Lay People; Documentation; Periodicals; Readability; Academic Language; Communication (Thought Transfer); Scores |
Abstract | Lay abstracts are brief descriptions or summaries of research that are targeted at a general audience. They are held as an important means for the research community to provide greater transparency to the general public and to increase visibility of the pertinent research. This study aims to examine the extent to which lay abstracts published in the journal "Autism" are comprehensible to a lay audience in terms of readability measures. Results showed that lay abstracts published in "Autism" were more readable than their corresponding abstracts but were less readable than plain English texts (e.g. news reports). To our knowledge, this is probably the first comparative study on the readability of lay abstracts. Possible explanations for and implications of these findings were offered. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |