“Academics and Their Writing”, 1984 (; backlinks; similar):
This paper presents the results from a questionnaire on academic writing which was sent to a representative sample of 75 academics at the University of Keele, England, and 100 academics at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
The response rate from each institution was low (41% and 34% respectively) but higher than that reported in earlier research.
An analysis of the results obtained, comparing arts, social science and science faculties is presented, together with a discussion of the findings, their instructional implications and their limitations.
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