I happened to notice some features on Amazon this morning that I hadn’t seen before. It’s not available on every book…<\/p>\n
Statistical information on the text of the books:<\/p>\n
From Wicked<\/i>:<\/p>\n
First Sentence:<\/b>
\nFrom the crumpled bed the wife said, “I think today’s the day.<\/i><\/p>\n
Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):<\/b>
\nher roomie, pleasure faith, unionist minister, mumble mumble mumble, saffron cream, green glass bottle<\/p>\n
Amazon.com’s Statistically Improbable Phrases, or “SIPs”, are the most distinctive phrases in the text of books in the Search Inside! program. To identify SIPs, our computers scan the text of all books in Search Inside. If they find a phrase that occurs a large number of times in a particular book relative to all Search Inside books, that phrase is a SIP in that book.<\/p>\n
SIPs are not necessarily improbable within a particular book, but they are improbable relative to all books in Search Inside. For example, most SIPs for a book on taxes are tax related. But because we display SIPs in order of their improbability score, the first SIPs will be on tax topics that this book mentions more often than other tax books. For works of fiction, SIPs tend to be distinctive word combinations that often hint at important plot elements.<\/p>\n
Click on a SIP to view a list of books in which the phrase occurs. You can also view a list of references to the phrase in each book. Learn more about the phrase by clicking on the A9.com search link.<\/p>\n
\r\nText Stats<\/b>\r\nReadability: \t\t Complexity: \r\nFog Index: 8.8 Complex Words: 9%\r\nFlesch Index: 70.9 Syllables\/Word: 1.5\r\nFlesch-Kincaid Index: 6.5 Words\/Sentence: 12.7\r\n \t \r\nNumber of: Fun Stats:\r\nCharacters: 861,413 Words\/Dollar: 14,872\r\nWords: 151,694 Words\/Ounce: 8,861\r\nSentences: 11,940\r\n<\/pre>\nThe Text Stats feature calculates a variety of statistics for each book in the Search Inside the Book program. The Readability calculations estimate how easy it is to read and understand the text of a book.<\/p>\n
* The Fog Index was developed by Robert Gunning. It indicates the number of years of formal education required to read and understand a passage of text. A score between 7 and 8 is considered ideal, while a score above 12 is considered difficult to read.
\n * The Flesch Index, developed in 1940 by Dr. Rudolph Flesch, is another indicator of reading ease. The score returned is based on a 100 point scale, with 100 being easiest to read. Scores between 90 and 100 are appropriate for 5th and 6th graders, while a college degree is considered necessary to understand text with a score between 0 and 30.
\n * The Flesch-Kincaid Index is a refinement to the Flesch Index that tries to relate the score to a U.S. grade level. For example, text with a Flesch-Kincaid score of 10.1 would be considered suitable for someone with a 10th grade or higher reading level.<\/p>\nI especially like the words\/dollar statistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I happened to notice some features on Amazon this morning that I hadn’t seen before. It’s not available on every book… Statistical information on the text of the books: From Wicked: First Sentence: From the crumpled bed the wife said, … Continue reading