ERROR ANALYSIS OF HANDWRITTEN SHORTHAND TRANSCRIPTION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA AGBOR NIGERIA.
Keywords:
Shorthand, errors, error analysis, dictation, transcription, syllabic intensity, error tolerance.Abstract
The purpose of the study was to analyse errors committed in shorthand handwritten transcription of 200 level undergraduate business education students in Delta State University, Abraka, Agbor campus. The research method used was quasi-experimental design. The population of the study comprised thirty (30) direct entry undergraduate Business Education students. The instrument for data collection was a shorthand passage performance test dictated to the students. The data obtained were analysed using frequency count, percentages and chi-square. The study revealed that the most frequently errors committed by the students were omissions, spelling, punctuation, tenses, wrong words, phonological, and additions. Errors of omissions have a total of 91 which ranked first, wrong spellings ranked second with 89 errors and punctuations ranked third with 77 errors. On strength of the findings, appropriate recommendations were made in order to drastically reduce errors in student’s handwritten shorthand transcription.
