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August 25, 2004
Survey on white papers

Posted by request:

If you regularly work as a practitioner (in addition to any educational or professorial duties you have), I would appreciate your participation in my survey on white papers in technical communication.

White papers are all but absent from our textbooks and our courses, and yet the number of white papers in industry is on the rise. I'm surveying practitioners to gauge the place of white papers in technical communication practice, with the intent of using the results to inform our teaching.

This work is part of my dissertation and has been approved by the TTU IRB. I will announce the results via TECHWR-L and other venues.

Here's the link to my survey; please share it with any practitioners you know. This survey is for all practicing technical communicators, whether or not they have written or read white papers.

My survey will go offline in the first week of September. I'll be glad to take comments and questions via e-mail.

Best regards,
Russell Willerton
Texas Tech

Please send any questions or comments to Russell directly.

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