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Text grade level

Abstract

Returns text grade level for the specified text column.

Returns text grade level for the specified text column.

You can select all or some of these methods to determine grade level:

  • Automated Readability Index

  • Coleman-Liau Index

  • Dale-Chall Readability score

  • Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

  • Gunning Fog Formula

  • Linsear Write Formula

  • SMOG Index

When to use this tool

Use when you want to find out the reading level for text. It works best if your text values are full sentences.

Configuration

Use the following configuration options to configure the Text grade level tool.

Configuring the Text grade level tool

  1. Go to the Pipes module from the side navigation bar.

  2. From the Pipes tab, click an existing pipe to open, or create a new pipe. To create a new pipe, read the Creating a pipe documentation.

  3. In your Pipe builder, add your data source.

  4. On the canvas toolbar, click symon_add_icon.png + Tool.

  5. In the Tools modal search bar, type Text grade level.

    Tip

    You can also find the Text grade level tool in the Learn section.

  6. Connect the tool to your data set.

  7. In the configuration pane, enter the following information:

    Table 78. Text grade level configuration

    Field

    Description

    Target column

    Select the the column to use as the target column.

    Grade methods

    Select all, some or none of the grade methods to determine grade level.