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This article contains a brief questionnaire for a research project that I am
doing on text readability analysis.  If you do any sort of writing on a
computer, I would appreciate it if you would respond to it.

To respond to this survey, please send a mail message with the word "survey"
in the subject line.  Note that you may be able to respond directly from
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to do this.  Please send completed surveys to any of the following E-mail
addresses:

		agray@jarthur.claremont.edu
		agray@jarthur.uucp
		...!uunet!jarthur!agray
		agray@hmcvax.bitnet

The body of the message should contain 5 lines, with one response per line.
A sample response to this survey would look like this:

To:       agray@jarthur.claremont.edu
Subject:  Readability survey

3
Grammatik - IBM PC
4
1
4


I would appreciate receiving responses by Saturday, December 8.  The
questions follow...

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1.  How often do you use, or have you ever used, text readability software,
    such as Grammatik on MS-DOS and Macintosh computers or style(1) on UNIX
    machines, to analyze text that you write?

		0	Never have used
		1	Rarely use
		2	Occasionally use
		3	Sometimes use
		4	Often use
		5	Almost always use


2.  If yes, what is the name of the text readability software that you use
    and what computer system do you run it on?  (If no, please leave this
    line blank.)	


3.  How useful do you think text readability software is for improving
    writing? 

		1	Not at all useful
		2	Barely useful
		3	Somewhat useful
		4	Very useful
		5	Essential
		0	No basis for judgement


4.  Which of the following do you feel describes your current profession
    most closely?

		1	Student
		2	Educator
		3	Other professional


5.  Which of the following best reflects your major field of study or work?

		1	Sciences/Mathematics/Engineering
		2	Business
		3	Education
		4	Liberal Arts
		5	Other (please specify)

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Thank you for taking the time to respond to this survey.  Questions
regarding this survey may be sent to me at any of the E-mail addresses
listed above.

If you would like to receive a summary of the results of this survey, send a
message to any of the above addresses with the word "results" in the subject
line.

					Thanks,
					        Andy

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      Andy Gray                     agray@jarthur.claremont.edu
      Platt Campus Center           agray@jarthur.UUCP
      Harvey Mudd College           ...uunet!jarthur!agray
      Claremont, CA  91711          agray@HMCVAX.BITNET