§431:10-106  Flesch reading ease test;procedures.  (a)  Whenever the Flesch reading ease test is used, itsreading score shall be computed as follows:

(1)  The number of words and sentences in the textshall be counted and the total number of words divided by the total number ofsentences; and

(2)  The resulting figure shall be multiplied by afactor of 1.015; then

(3)  The total number of syllables shall be countedand then divided by the total number of words; and

(4)  The resulting figure shall be multiplied by afactor of 84.6; then

(5)  The figures computed in items (2) and (4) shallbe added together and the resulting sum subtracted from 206.835 to yield theFlesch reading ease score.

(b)  For the purposes of subsection (a), thefollowing procedures shall be used:

(1)  Each contract consisting of ten thousand words orless shall be analyzed in its entirety by the method prescribed in subsection(a);

(2)  Each contract consisting of more than tenthousand words may be analyzed by applying the method prescribed in subsection(a) to two, two hundred word samples separated by a minimum of ten printedlines on each page of the contract;

(3)  All riders, endorsements, applications, and otherforms may be scored with the contract or scored as separate forms;

(4)  Numbers and letters, when separated by spaces, acontraction, or a hyphenated word shall be counted as one word;

(5)  A unit of words ending with a period, semicolon,or colon, excluding headings and captions, shall be counted as one sentence;and

(6)  Whenever an accepted dictionary indicates that aword has two or more acceptable pronunciations, the pronunciation having thefewer number of syllables may be used.  Syllable, as used in this paragraph,means a unit of spoken language consisting of one or more letters of a word asdivided by an accepted dictionary. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2]