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Microcomputers and the Writing Process

Illinois State University

Patricia Marcum Grogg

Illinois State University

In an attempt to assess the microcomputer's effects on the process and quality of business writing, this study focuses on writing anxiety, computer anxiety, time spent in writing, writing quality, and the relationship of gender to these variables. The most significant predictor of quality is initial writing ability as revealed by pretest: good writers remained good and poor writers improved little in both experimental and control groups.

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