RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation

Subject: RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:53:29 -0600

Sean Brierley wrote:

> So, the study shows that people do tasks involving
> difficult-to-understand instructions less frequently than tasks
> involving easy-to-understand instructions.
>
> Okay. Did these guys receive grant money for this.

I'm sure they did. Probably from the same gov't. agency that funded a
study of how bicyclists get hurt. It concluded that, mainly, they fall
down or run into things. :-)

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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References:
Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation: From: arroxaneullman
RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation: From: Sean Brierley

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