Analyzing Error Perception and Recognition Among Professional Communication Practitioners and Academics

We investigated the perception and recognition of errors in a population of practitioners and academics in professional and technical communication. Specifically, we measured 303 participants’ botheration levels of 24 usage errors and then correlated those results against their ability to recognize...

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Published in:Business and professional communication quarterly 2018-12, Vol.81 (4), p.462-484
Main Authors: Boettger, Ryan K., Emory Moore, Lindsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business Communication
College Faculty
Correlation
Editing
Employee Attitudes
Error Analysis (Language)
Error Patterns
Gender Differences
Identification
Language Usage
Occupations
Professional Personnel
Taxonomy
Teacher Attitudes
Technical Writing
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Summary:We investigated the perception and recognition of errors in a population of practitioners and academics in professional and technical communication. Specifically, we measured 303 participants’ botheration levels of 24 usage errors and then correlated those results against their ability to recognize the errors. Results indicated that practitioners were often more bothered by errors than academics and that participants’ overall botheration level might have fluctuated over the past 40 years. Participants’ botheration level also appeared to associate with their ability to identify error. Finally, we found that participants’ gender, job type, and years working in the field influence their error perception.
ISSN:2329-4906
2329-4922
2329-4922
DOI:10.1177/2329490618803740