Simplicity

The Simplicity metric judges how easy to understand the words in a response are, with higher scores indicating the words are easier to understand. If lots of industry 'jargon', which is uncommon in standard language, is present, the simplicity score will be low.

Simplicity will be increased by:

• Use of simple, common words
• Explaining technical terms using simple words

Simplicity will be decreased by:

• A large proportion of technical terms
• Gibberish
• Frequent spelling errors

FAQs

What is the difference between Clarity and Simplicity?

The Clarity and Simplicity metrics work together to assess overall readability, and as such assess different things. Clarity is based on the complexity of words (i.e. the number of syllables), whereas Simplicity is based on the rarity of words (i.e. how often they show up in standard language). A sentence consisting of words with many syllables will have low clarity but may still be easy to understand (e.g. high simplicity) if each word used is common.

As an example, consider the sentence:

"Education is important to communicate information, celebrate community, and provide motivation for every opportunity and situation that requires attention."

This scores a clarity score of 0 as the words used have many syllables, but a simplicity score of 75 as they are common.