"I believe in a country where hard work and merit, not privilege or background, determines success."
Tony Blair 2005

Saturday, September 18, 2004

In the BMJ,
Websites are too complex to understand: Online health advice for people with diabetes is often too complex to understand, according to a study from Bath University of 15 internet health sites. NHS Direct Online was the hardest to understand, needing a reading age of an educated 16 year old. But the BMJ Publishing Group's BestTreatments scored closer to the reading age of a 9 year old—which is the average reading ability of people in the United Kingdom.


What caught my attention was not the essence of this report but rather the average reading ability in the United Kingdom. I would expect the UK to have a higher reading ability than that of a 9 year old!!! What would be the average reading ability in Malaysia?

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