Readability level of ‘about-us’ section of Malaysian hospital websites
This study analysed the websites of the panel hospitals under the Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council (MHTC) to determine their readability level. Thirty-three hospitals fulfilled the criteria for this study. SMOG and FOG readability formulae were used in this research. The study shows that there wa...
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iium-387392015-01-13T13:19:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38739/ Readability level of ‘about-us’ section of Malaysian hospital websites Mat Daud, Nuraihan Ab Hamid, Ahmad Rauyani L Education (General) This study analysed the websites of the panel hospitals under the Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council (MHTC) to determine their readability level. Thirty-three hospitals fulfilled the criteria for this study. SMOG and FOG readability formulae were used in this research. The study shows that there was a significantly positive correlation between FOG and SMOG. Using FOG and SMOG indices, it was found that the reading level of most of the ‘About-us’ sections was too difficult to the majority of the readers. IDOSI Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38739/1/published_nuraihan_rauyani.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Ab Hamid, Ahmad Rauyani (2014) Readability level of ‘about-us’ section of Malaysian hospital websites. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 20 (14). pp. 106-109. ISSN 1990-9233 http://www.idosi.org/mejsr/mejsr20(lcl)14/16.pdf |
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This study analysed the websites of the panel hospitals under the Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council (MHTC) to determine their readability level. Thirty-three hospitals fulfilled the criteria for this study. SMOG and FOG readability formulae were used in this research. The study shows that there was a significantly positive correlation between FOG and SMOG. Using FOG and SMOG indices, it was found that the reading level of most of the ‘About-us’ sections was too difficult to the majority of the readers. |
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