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Unlike the other indices, the ARI, along with the Coleman-Liau, relies on a factor of characters per word, instead of the usual syllables per word. Although opinion varies on its accuracy as compared to the syllables/word and complex words indices, characters/word is often faster to calculate, as the number of characters is more readily and accurately counted by computer programs than syllables.

==References==

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*{{cite journal

| author = Senter, R.J.

| coauthors = Smith, E.A.

| date = November, 1967

| title = Automated Readability Index.

| url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0667273

| publisher = [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]]

| id = AMRL-TR-6620

| accessdate = 2012-03-18

}}

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