Perceptions and Practices: A Survey of Professional Engineers and Architects

Table 15

Importance of quality characteristics statistical responses.

Statistic	Covers topic with appropriate and proper detail	Uses precise language to express meaning	Provides a true understanding and representation of the subject	Uses simple, direct language	Is grammatically correct	Describes information importance and implications	Words are spelled correctly
Mean	5.76	4.26	5.26	4.03	2.86	3.71	2.09
Standard deviation	1.63	1.48	1.49	1.60	1.52	1.65	1.85