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100 1 a| Flanagan, Suzan,e| author.=| ^A1383260;

245 10 a| Usage error in technical communication /c| by Suzan Flanagan.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2014.;

300 a| 117 pages :b| color illustrations;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2014.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.;

500 a| Advisor: Michael Albers.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 3, 2014).;

520 3 a| College students who seek careers as technical communicators must master technical writing and editing skills to succeed in the workplace. Effective technical communication stems from the communicator's ability to perceive usage errors in documents; therefore, this research study examined students' abilities to detect errors commonly found in technical editing tests. A convenience sample of East Carolina University students enrolled in English Composition served as the control group, and students enrolled in technical communication-related courses served as the cluster group. The research study entailed a brief demographic survey followed by a quasi-experiment that consisted of an editing test. The 1,000-word editing test introduced 60 errors into excerpted technical communication documents; some sentences contained multiple errors, while others were error free. The students in this small-scale study detected few of the types of usage errors found on editing tests. The results indicate that (1) Electronic editing tools detect few usage errors, (2) Students in the study group do not perceive most style-related usage errors as errors, and (3) The placement of usage errors may affect error perception. Repeating the study with a larger, randomized sample could yield findings generalizable to technical writing and editing practices and to technical communication pedagogy.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

650 0 a| Communication of technical information.=| ^A18453;

650 0 a| Technical writing.=| ^A2965;

650 0 a| Technical editing.=| ^A4125;

653 a| Technical communication;

700 1 a| Albers, Michael J.e| degree supervisor.=| ^A613295;

710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of English.=| ^A641948;

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Usage error in technical communication / by Suzan Flanagan.

Author/creator	Flanagan, Suzan author.
Other author	Albers, Michael J. degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2014.
Description	117 pages : color illustrations
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Communication of technical information. Technical writing. Technical editing.

Summary	College students who seek careers as technical communicators must master technical writing and editing skills to succeed in the workplace. Effective technical communication stems from the communicator's ability to perceive usage errors in documents; therefore, this research study examined students' abilities to detect errors commonly found in technical editing tests. A convenience sample of East Carolina University students enrolled in English Composition served as the control group, and students enrolled in technical communication-related courses served as the cluster group. The research study entailed a brief demographic survey followed by a quasi-experiment that consisted of an editing test. The 1,000-word editing test introduced 60 errors into excerpted technical communication documents; some sentences contained multiple errors, while others were error free. The students in this small-scale study detected few of the types of usage errors found on editing tests. The results indicate that (1) Electronic editing tools detect few usage errors, (2) Students in the study group do not perceive most style-related usage errors as errors, and (3) The placement of usage errors may affect error perception. Repeating the study with a larger, randomized sample could yield findings generalizable to technical writing and editing practices and to technical communication pedagogy.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General note	Advisor: Michael Albers.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 3, 2014).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2014.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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