Module 4

Question 1

What are the 2 kinds of reports?

Answer 1

1. Formal report
2. Informal report

Question 2

Complex account that uses formal and structured language

Answer 2

Formal Report

Question 3

Usually applied in major projects and organizations

Answer 3

Formal Report

Question 4

Formal reports can be what?

Answer 4

• informational
• analytical
• recommendatory

Question 5

Presents information, results, or updates

Answer 5

Informal Report

Question 6

Examples of informal report

Answer 6

Attendance report, financial report, progress report, sales report

Question 7

Presents, analzyzes, and draws conclusions

Answer 7

Analytical report

Question 8

Examples of analytical report

Answer 8

Scientific report, employee appraisal

Question 9

Presents recommendations based on result and conclusions

Answer 9

Recommendatory report

Question 10

Communicates information using free-flowing, casual and short formats about routines or everyday business

Answer 10

Informal report

Question 11

Common medium of reports

Answer 11

• speeches
• televisions
• radios

Question 12

documents that wish to inform, analyze, or recommend

Answer 12

Report

Question 13

to keep an updated account of an event/situation/organization

Answer 13

Report

Question 14

Reports can be expressed through…

Answer 14

written or verbal presentations

Question 15

3 most common types of reports

Answer 15

1. Technical and Business
2. Field Reports
3. Scientific Reports

Question 16

disciplines with an applied focus such as Engineering, Information Technology, Commerce, Accounting and Finance

Answer 16

Technical and Business

Question 17

will set report writing assignments that simulate the process of report writing in industry

Answer 17

Technical and Business

Question 18

problem or case study

Answer 18

Technical and Business

Question 19

students research the problem & present the results of the research in a report format

Answer 19

Technical and Business

Question 20

form of writing technical communication or documentation in science and technology or applied science that helps people understand a product/service

Answer 20

Technical writing

Question 21

What is the main purpose of technical writing?

Answer 21

to inform and to triggger the person into action

Question 22

Its purpose may also be to instruct, persuade, but never to entertain

Answer 22

Technical Writing

Question 23

Language that technical writing is expressed in

Answer 23

Formal standard/academic language

Question 24

• Uses specialized vocabulary
• Organized in a systematic pattern
• Tone of writing is objective

Answer 24

Technical writing

Question 25

Common in Law, Industrial Relations, Psychology, Nursing, History, Education

Answer 25

Field Reports

Question 26

Analyze their observations of phenomena or events in the real world in light of theories studied in the course

Answer 26

Field Reports

Question 27

What do field reports' content represent?

Answer 27

They represent the researcher's interpretation of the meaning found in data

Question 28

- are assigned with the intention of improving your understanding of key theoretical concepts - facilitate the development of data - an opportunity to obtain evidence

Answer 28

Field reports

Question 29

What do you need to do when writing a field report?

Answer 29

- Systematically observe and accurately record the varying aspects of a situation - continuously analyze your observations - keep the report's aims in mid while you are observing - consciously observe, record, and alayze what you hear and see in the context of a theoretical framework

Question 30

4 techniques to record your observations

Answer 30

1. note taking 2. photography 3. video & audio recordings 4. illustrations

Question 31

can help capture an important moment in time as well as document details about the space where your observation takes place

Answer 31

photography

Question 32

has the positive effect of giving you an unfiltered record of the observation event

Answer 32

video & audio recording

Question 33

to draw a map of the observation setting or illustrating objects in relation to people's behavior

Answer 33

Illustrations

Question 34

use a standard scientific report format describing methods, results, and conclusions to report upon an empirical investigation

Answer 34

scientific reports

Question 35

purpose of science report

Answer 35

clearly communicate your key message about why your scientific findings are meaningful

Question 36

three key factors that scope and style of reports depend on

Answer 36

- intended audience - purpose - type of info/subject to be communicated (message)

Question 37

commonly used in the field of hard sciences

Answer 37

Research report

Question 38

different parts of research report

Answer 38

1. introductory phase 2. review of literature 3. research methodology 4. body of the report 5. conclusion 6. recommendation

Question 39

contextualizes and sets the tone and direction of research writing

Answer 39

introductory phase

Question 40

What questions does the introductory phase answer according to Reidman (2001)?

Answer 40

- What was I studying? - What did we know about this topic before we study? - And, how did this study advance new knowledge or new ways of understanding?

Question 41

4 elements that research report starts with according to Silverman (2006).

Answer 41

- title - abstract - list of contents - introduction

Question 42

- must get the attention of the readers - catches the reader's attention while properly informing them about the main focus on your research

Answer 42

Research title

Question 43

**Identify which is the stimulating and descriptive title.** - Have you ever experienced _being_ bullied? - A study on the perception of the victims of bullying in the primary schools

Answer 43

**Stimulating title:** Have you ever experienced _being_ bullied? **Descriptive title:** A study on the perception of the victims of bullying in the primary schools

Question 44

- provides the readers with a snap view of what you will expect from it - gives a synopsis of the objectives and results of the report to be described in detailed form in the body of the report

Answer 44

Research abstract

Question 45

what should an abstract contain?

Answer 45

- research problem - significance and value of the problem - data and methods utilized - main findings - implication in the lught of other research

Question 46

most common world limit of research abstract

Answer 46

100

Question 47

guides the readers to find their way through the different parts of the report

Answer 47

list of contents

Question 48

aquaints the readers with the what, why, and how of the report

Answer 48

introduction

Question 49

- provides study background and environment - locate the study in its area of discipline and reveal its relevance and significance in the environment

Answer 49

Review of Related Literature (RRL)

Question 50

a research report must contain a description of the research strategy. the readers will be interested in find

Answer 50

rethord methodology

Question 51

writing about the data collected

Answer 51

writing your data

Question 52

2 important areas of consideration in the writing up of the data

Answer 52

- data analysis - data presentation

Question 53

how to assist researcher in data analysis

Answer 53

- sorting information into categories - formatting the information into a story or picture - actual data analysis and write up

Question 54

- inferences, deductions, abstraction, implications, interpretations, general statements, and/or generalizations based on findings - answers the specific questions identified at the introductory phase of the research

Answer 54

writing the conclusion