AN APPLICATION OF THE GORE INDEX TO THE MAY 6 “FRESH AIR” NPR PROGRAM

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A measurement of imprecision: Number of qualifiers in each sentence divided by the number of sentences. This calculation expressed as a index reading is a measure of imprecision.

This measure is called the Gore Index.

Any Gore Index reading in excess of 1.02 indicates that a presentation is not factual...