Research Strategies in Technical Communication
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LYNNETTE R. PORTER, PhD, is an associate professor of technical writing and English at The University of Findlay and a former board member of the Society for Technical Communication.

WILLIAM O. COGGIN, PhD, is a professor of scientific and technical communication at Bowling Green State University and a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication.

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INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH STRATEGIES.

Idea Generation as You Begin Your Research.

Planning Research: Documentation Plans.

Ethics.

WAYS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH.

Computerized Information Retrieval from Libraries.

Computerized Secondary Sources of Information.

Personal Experience and Knowledge.

Informational Interviews.

Letters of Inquiry.

Questionnaires and Surveys.

Empirical Experimentation.

WAYS TO EVALUATE RESEARCH.

Evaluation of Sources.

Statistics and Measurements.

Usability Testing and Validation.

POSSIBLE PUBLICATION OF YOUR RESULTS.

The Query Letter, Proposal Letter, and Prospectus.

Abstracts.

Bibliographies and the Documentation of Sources.

Conducting Additional Research.

Appendices.

Glossary.

Index.

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