Dr. Moj Seyedian, Dr. Tai Yi
A journal will publish Professor Moj Seyedian鈥檚 paper that compares the readability level of macroeconomics textbooks.
"A Comparison of Readability of the Most Popular Principles of Macroeconomics Textbooks" is co-authored with School of Business colleague Associate Professor Tai Yi and Professor Jeffrey Forrest, of Slippery Rock University鈥檚 School of Business.
The Business Education Innovation Journal, whose mission is to publish research that showcases innovative teaching and learning methods in higher education business schools, will publish the paper in June.
Selecting a textbook for an introductory macroeconomics course can be challenging. Many criteria may be considered in such decisions, including a textbook鈥檚 readability level.
Using the Flesch-Kincaid readability index, this study analyzes the predicted readability of five popular introductory macroeconomics textbooks. T-tests, or statistical tests, are performed to determine whether significant differences exist between the textbooks.
According to the study, one textbook, McGraw Hill鈥檚 鈥淢acroeconomics鈥 published in 2023, is clearly more readable than all of the others. These findings can be useful to adopters and editors of introductory macroeconomics textbooks.
