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Survey research in technical communication: designing and administering questionnaires. (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
Survey research can help inform technical communicators about the decisions they make in their professional or academic lives. This paper introduces the complex process of survey research to researchers and research consumers in technical communication, focusing specifically on the questionnaire method. Survey research includes several important steps:
* Defining research questions
* Sampling the population
* Administering the questionnaire
* Constructing questions
* Testing the questionnaire
* Measuring reliability and validity
* Analyzing the data
* Evaluating the survey.
This paper discusses these steps and reviews relevant literature ...
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