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Thesis proposal draft

It is done.

It is almost as long as a thesis… Here are some stats: 58 single spaced pages, 27 604 words, 171 422 characters, 584 paragraphs, 2 201 lines. I wrote it over 23 days which is an average of 2.5 pages per day, or 1200 words per day. Of course, I didn’t write every day, but probably did something most days in that period.

Automated readability tests are quite funny. The fairly standard Flesch score is 24.37 (anything below 30 requires a college education). The grade is 17. The amusingly named Gunning fog index scores at 42, meaning the document requires 42 years of formal schooling to understand. Of course, I hope these are wrong as I tried to write clearly, but I guess it’s a hazard of the document type.

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	Congratulations! Good for you. I'll try reading it, but it seems I won't be able to understand it. :) at 2007-9-21 00:00 by Keltie


	woot! Go you! :) The pagelength is almost as long as my undergraduate thesis, although I can't remember what my final word count was. Congrats on finishing, and I hope you have time for a well-deserved rest. ^_^ at 2007-9-21 09:49 by alia


	hooray Good job, my friend! Take a much needed break and then come to Toronto for love and snax. at 2007-9-25 15:43 by maysie

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