E-Prime Essay Analysis Sheet

Composition ID S
= Sentences		 W
= Words		 B
= "to be" forms		 SB
= sentences containing “to be” forms		 B/S
= "to be" forms per sentence		 B/W
= frequency of "to be" forms w. respect to total word count		 W/S
= average words per sentence		 SB/S
= fraction of sentences containing "to be" forms		 (B/W)/0.036842
= "E-Prime Index" -- ratio of sample text "to be" frequency to standard "to be" frequency