Discovery and Entropy in the Revision of Technical Reports [microform] / Daniel Marder.

A useful device in revising technical reports is the metaphor of entropy, which refers to the amount of disorder that is present in a system. Applied to communication theory, high entropy would correspond to increased amounts of unfamiliar or useless information in a text. Since entropy in rhetorica...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Marder, Daniel
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Communication Problems. Discourse Analysis. Editing. Evaluation. Higher Education. Language Patterns. Language Styles. Literary Styles. Organization. Readability. Technical Writing. Writing (Composition)