J. Peter Kincaid
J. Peter Kincaid (born 1942) is a scientist and educator who is the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. Trained as a human factors psychologist at the Ohio State University, Kincaid has split his career between higher education and working as a scientist for the U.S. military. He developed the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test[2] for the U.S. Navy. As of 2022, multiple United States' governmental departments utilize the Flesch-Kincaid Test within their standardized operating processes.[3]
Education
[edit]He received degrees in psychology and human factors.
- Oberlin College (BA 1964)[4]
- Ohio State University (PhD 1971)[4]
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test Summary
[edit]With the help of Robert Flesch, Kincaid developed a model that measures the required reading level of an American student based off of sentence and word choice. Before this method was developed, a combination of models was used to determine the reading level based off the percentage of "big" words, meaning words with three syllables or more, in 30 sentences, and for paragraphs with less than 30 sentences, the word "fog" was used to determine the reading level.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP) | NCI". ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
- ↑ "Arkansas Tech Writing" (PDF). Arkansas Tech University. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ↑ Burhans, J. (May 11, 2022). "Multilingual Readability – Yes, We Know It's All Greek To You, But It Also Reads Well Now Thanks To SmartCrawl!". The WPMU DEV Blog. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 "Peter Kincaid". University of Central Florida. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
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