متى ينبغي أن أستخدم FORCAST؟
FORCAST مصمم للنصوص غير السردية: التعليمات، النماذج، الأدلة التقنية. لا يتطلب تحليلاً على مستوى الجملة.
How does FORCAST count syllables?
It samples a 150-word passage and counts how many of those words have exactly one syllable. The fewer single-syllable words in the sample, the higher the resulting grade level.
Why does FORCAST not use sentence length?
It was designed for technical material like forms, manuals, and instructions, which often lack normal sentences. Because it only counts single-syllable words, it works on text where sentence-based formulas would fail.
What grade-level range does FORCAST produce?
In practice it typically returns grades between about 5 and 12, since the score is 20 minus one-tenth of the single-syllable word count in 150 words. It was originally validated for the grade 5 to 12 range used by military technical manuals.