J. Peter Kincaid

J. Peter Kincaid (born 1942) is a scientist and educator who is the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. Trained as a human factors psychologist at the Ohio State University, Kincaid has split his career between higher education and working as a scientist for the U.S. military. He developed the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test[1] for the U.S. Navy. As of 2022, multiple United States' governmental departments utilize the Flesch-Kincaid Test within their standardized operating processes.[2]

Education

He received degrees in psychology and human factors.

References

  1. ^ "Arkansas Tech Writing" (PDF). Arkansas Tech University. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  2. ^ Burhans, J. (May 11, 2022). "Multilingual Readability – Yes, We Know It's All Greek To You, But It Also Reads Well Now Thanks To SmartCrawl!". The WPMU DEV Blog. Retrieved March 14, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Peter Kincaid". University of Central Florida. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2010.


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