Bc. Rather et Jd. Murphy, ALCOHOLICS-ANONYMOUS AND RATIONAL RECOVERY - READABILITY OF THE BIG BOOK VS THE SMALL BOOK, Perceptual and motor skills, 81(3), 1995, pp. 1313-1314
Readability of the Big Book used in Alcoholics Anonymous confirmed Mil
ls' finding of an 8th- or 9th-grade reading level, but readability of
the Small Book for Rational Recovery required college level reading.