Research Project

[olgamen -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu]

I am writing to invite you to participate in a study about scientific 
and technical dictionaries. As part of my graduate work leading to the 
MA in English with a Concentration in Scientific and Technical 
Communication in the Department of English at Bowling Green State 
University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, I am trying to find out what 
dictionaries are used by technical communicators, how they are used, and 
how they can be improved. The current literature apparently does not 
contain any information about studies that consider Internet 
dictionaries used by technical communicators; thus, this study is 
innovative and will become part of my thesis.

There are several advantages of participation in this study for you. 
First, completing the questionnaire can help you to enhance your use of 
dictionaries by suggesting new criteria to use as you select new 
dictionaries, suggesting new purposes for the dictionaries you currently 
use, or, perhaps, just suggesting types of information which 
dictionaries can offer. Second, copies of the results of the research 
will be sent to you upon your request; please contact me if you are 
interested in getting the results.

To participate in the study, you will need to fill out and submit a 
"Dictionaries in Technical Communication" questionnaire, located at the 
URL found at the end of this letter. It is estimated your participation 
will take approximately fifteen minutes. The information you provide on 
this questionnaire will remain confidential. The questionnaire software 
is designed so that the questionnaire will be submitted without any 
personal information. Your participation in this study is completely 
voluntary. 

If you have any questions or comments concerning this study, you can 
contact Olga Menagarishvili at (419) 372-7242, olgamen -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu or 
William Coggin at (419) 372-7552, bcoggin -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu -dot-  You may also 
contact the Chair, Human Subjects Review Board, Bowling Green State 
University, (419) 372-7716, hsrb -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu if you have questions 
regarding the conduct of this study or about your rights as a research 
participant. By completing and submitting the questionnaire you are 
indicating your consent to participate in the study.

To complete the "Dictionaries in Technical Communication" questionnaire, 
go to http://personal.bgsu.edu/~olgamen/questionnaire/ If this link does 
not work, highlight it, then copy and paste it into your browser address 
window and hit the "Enter" or "Return" key on your keyboard.

Olga Menagarishvili
Graduate Student
Scientific and Technical Communication Program
English Department
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
USA
Tel. (419) 372-7242
E-mail: olgamen -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu




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