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think aloud protocol

think aloud protocol noun: a data-gathering method used in a variety of research areas in people are asked to verbalise their thought processes as they do a specific task, and this is recorded for further analysis.

Noun

think aloud protocol (plural think aloud protocols)

  1. A data-gathering method used in a variety of research areas in people are asked to verbalise their thought processes as they do a specific task, and this is recorded for further analysis.
    • [I]n analysing the think-aloud protocols produced by novice and expert translators while they performed translation tasks, I was working under the implicit assumption that by having subjects verbalize what they were thinking while translating, it would be possible to identify cognitive strategies...2000, Don Kiraly, A Social Constructivist Approach to Translator Education, St. Jerome Publishing, p. 1-2
    • [M]uch research has employed concurrent verbalisation, or think-aloud protocols (TAPs).2003, Fabio Alves, Triangulating Translation, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 124

Synonyms of think aloud protocol

Forms of think aloud protocol

pluralthink aloud protocols
alternative formthink-aloud protocol

Questions about think aloud protocol

What does think aloud protocol mean?
Think aloud protocol means a data-gathering method used in a variety of research areas in people are asked to verbalise their thought processes as they do a specific task, and this is recorded for further analysis.
What part of speech is think aloud protocol?
Think aloud protocol is a noun.
What is the plural of think aloud protocol?
The plural of think aloud protocol is think aloud protocols.

Words near think aloud protocol in the dictionary

  1. think
  2. think about
  3. think again
  4. think all one's Christmases have come at once
  5. think aloud
  6. think aloud protocol
  7. think aloud protocols
  8. think back
  9. think better of
  10. think big
  11. Think break

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