Book Complexity Measurement
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The following factors are used to measure book complexity:
1. Fonts: (More different fonts, more complexity)
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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Less than 5 |
6-20 |
More than 21 |
More than 21 |
2. Number of columns in a page:
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
More than 1 |
3. Images:
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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Less than 15 |
16-50 |
More than 50 |
More than 50 |
4. Tables:
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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Less than 10 |
11-30 |
More than 30 |
More than 30 |
5. Footnotes:
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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0 |
1-50 |
51-100 |
More than 100 |
6. Index Entries:
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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0 |
Any |
Any |
Any |
7. Hierarchy: (The more heading levels in a book, the more complex the book)
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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1-2 (Novel Like) |
2-5 |
More than 5 |
More than 5 |
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0 |
Any |
Any |
Any |
8. Special Characters: Special Characters are those characters which do not exist in the normal Unicode character set supported by commonly used fonts like Verdana and Times New Roman. Chinese characters and inline images are common examples
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Simple |
Medium |
Complex |
Very Cpmplex |
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0 |
0 |
1-20 |
More than 20 |
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