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A survey of practitioners' attitudes toward research in technical communication. (Special Issue: Research in Technical Communication)
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Technical Communication
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November 1, 1992
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1992 Society for Technical Communication. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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SUMMARY
This study examines the attitudes toward and uses of published research of a large, random sample of practitioners selected from the membership of the Society for Technical Communication. The results clearly show that practitioners value research in technical communication; they use it to solve problems in the work-place. In contrast, they spend little time reading technical communication studies published in the field's major academic journals. Through a comparison of various practitioner subgroups, the study reveals several important differences in attitudes toward and uses of research.
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