Comparing and Analyzing Descriptive Qualitative Study
49 automatically computed both type of readability formula, Flesch-Reading Ease
and Flesch-Kincaid Grade level. The sorted computed articles from the easiest to the most difficult one based on FKG level can be seen in the Table 4.2 below.
Table 4.2 The List of Readability Computation Results
Articles Date
Flesch Reading
Ease Flesch-
Kincaid Level
House inaugurate new legislators Hollywood-style
10022009 46.7
10.9 Slew of quakes hit archipelago,
cause minor panic in capital 10172009
47.1 11.1
Police kill two brother outlaws 10102009
48.6 11.2
Nobel Prize for Obama shows Indonesia the way forward
10132009 44.8
11.4 Quake-ruined schools turn
students away 10062009
47.6 11.4
Its batik party time in Jakarta 10032009
41.1 11.5
Jusuf Kalla says farewell to public office
10202009 42.7
12.1 House cancels hearing on haj
10302009 42.2
12.4 Microsoft introduces Windows
7, upbeat on sales 10232009
40.5 12.5
Minister Andi to revitalize scout movement
10282009 38.9
12.8 `New evidence in KPK bribery
case must be checked first 10262009
41.2 13.1
A post-ASEAN foreign policy for a post-G8 world
10052009 36.1
13.3 Public support KPK deputy
chairmen 10312009
38.2 13.5
AGO tells police to drop case against KPK leaders
10292009 32.9
14 TNI \business takeover `merely
a formality 10152009
25.5 14.3
Voice records reveal ‘plot to frame’ KPK deputies
10272009 30.9
14.6 Many cases under Susno
dropped 10142009
29.2 14.7
PDI-P in dilemma over position 10222009
36.3 14.7
50 in new govt
Acehs stoning bylaw draws more criticism from clerics
10082009 27.2
14,8 SBY gets busy as Cabinet
deadline approaches 10112009
28.6 15.1
Festival a success, despite funding cuts
10122009 29.1
15.1 Nine cities recognized for
success with slums 10012009
21.1 15.2
RI falling behind in healthcare: UNDP report
10092009 19
15.4 SBYs policies have damaged
environment, say activists 10192009
23 15.5
Indonesia faces threat of high crude oil prices
10212009 27.3
15.7 Govt declares two-month
emergency in Sumatra 10042009
30.9 16
SBY briefs 16 ministerial candidates
10182009 28.8
16.1 Golkar accepts Kalla’s
accountability; Aburizal frontrunner
10072009 21.8
16.7 Half of leaders miss summit
opening 10242009
21.9 17.4
ASEAN seeks stronger G20 voice
10252009 20.5
18.2 Producers demand review of
liquor tax after deaths 10162009
10.8 18.9
Sum 1020.5
439.6 Mean
32.91 14.18
As it was can be seen from the Table 4.2, there are four columns in the table above. The first column from the left was the title of each article, the second
column was the date of article’s issue, and subsequently the fourth and the fifth are formula computations result. The sum of all computations and its mean are
also provided at the bottom of the table.