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• Report


  A document that presents specific information to readers, including one or more reasons for writing the report and an indication that it is technical, business, field, scientific or common
• Report Elements


  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Planning
  • Method
  • Result
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion and Recommendation
• Report Format Settings


  • Font - body of report: Times New Roman, Arial
  • Font size: 12 point
  • Line spacing: 1.5 or single
  • Left margin: 2.54 cm or 3 cm
  • Right margin: 2.5 cm
  • Abstract: 100 to 200 words
  • Font size Title and heading: bold, 14 point
  • Page Number: center, bottom of page
  • Number of pages: about 12-15

  
• Abstract is a short summary of a longer work (such as a dissertation or research paper)
• Abstract


  Concisely reports the aims and outcomes of your research so that readers know exactly what the paper is about
• Writing the abstract


  1. Write it at the very end, when you've completed the rest of the text

  2. Include: your research problem and objectives, your methods, your key results or arguments, your conclusion
• Introduction


  Presents specific information to readers, including one or more reasons for writing a report and indication that this report is technical, business, field, scientific or common
• Literature review


  Aim to find material from a variety of sources such as books, journals, websites, archives, newspapers, and other written or non written source (history)
• Planning


  Identification and organization of the main subtopics and conclusion. Writer must put the most important or interesting material first.
• Method


  Explaining for your reader how you did it and what materials and equipment you used
• Result


  Present the findings of your report as simply and clearly as possible
• Discussion


  Your opportunity to show off your thinking skills as you discuss any problems met. This section will usually be the longest section of text.
• Conclusion and Recommendation


  What are the main points of your report and the reason for it, and you will recommend what other researchers should do
• The table of contents lists the headings and appendices of the report
• If you have used a lot of technical terms, you should provide a glossary (an alphabetical list of the terms, with brief explanations of their meanings)
• The acknowledgment is a short paragraph thanking any person or organization which supported you or helped you in collecting data or preparing the report
• Introduction


  Gives enough background information to provide a context for the report, states the purpose of the report, clarifies key terms and indicates the scope of the report (what the report will cover), explains the arrangement of report sections
• Content of the body

  • Literature review
  • Method
  • Findings and results
  • Discussion
• Conclusion


  Sums up the main points of the report, outlines the findings of the research, clearly relates to the objectives of the report
• Recommendations


  Suggestions for future action, based on the conclusion, practical, specific, well organized
• The fourth step is to draw conclusions based on the analysis.
• The third step is to analyze the data gathered from the investigation.