w3-4

• Title page

  contains an informative title that describes the content of the paper, the name of the author/s, addresses or affiliations, and the date of submission.
• Abstract-contains the summary of the research findings and conclusions. It briefly presents the context of the study, research questions or objectives, methodology, major findings, conclusions, and sometimes implications.

  An abstract does not contain any citations or a great deal of statistical results. Its length ranges from 100 to 250 words
• Introduction

  explains the current state of the field and identifies research gaps. It is also the part where the research focus is presented by addressing the identified gaps in the topic. It puts the research topic in context. It is usually three to five paragraphs long.
• Literature Review

  contains the summary and synthesis of all available sources directly related to the study. In a research report, the literature review is divided into two sections: related concepts and related studies.
• Methodology -

  describes how the experiments or tests in the research were conducted. It presents the context within which the study was conducted, the participants, the instruments used, the data-gathering procedure, and the data analysis.
• Results -

  factually describe the data gathered and the tables and graphs that summarize the collected data. Along with the tables and graphs are their respective interpretations.
• Discussion -

  provides an explanation of all the results in relation to the previous studies presented in the literature review.

  In this section, the research problems or objectives, as well as the major findings, are restated in the first paragraph.
• Conclusion

  contains the restatement of the major findings, the limitations of the study, the recommendations, and the implications. Note that in some cases, the conclusion is integrated into the discussion.
• References-

  contains the different sources used in the study. These may be academic books, journals, and other online sources. Its format depends on the school, teacher. or field of study.
• Materials and Methods

  This section gives information about the materials and methods used in experiments. In some cases, this may direct the readers to a laboratory manual or standard or standard procedure.
• Technical report is a formal report designed to convey technical information in a correct, clear, complete, concrete, concise and courteous way.
• Field report – this is to report the results of a site inspections be it about equipment damages, production operations or even employee morale
• Progress Report – a report featuring assessment of a project’s progress or process that conveys details about what has been accomplished, what is being accomplished and still has to be accomplished still.
• Periodic Report – also known as a recurring report, is a routine report that summarizes events or represents an accurate description of the work carried out for a particular period or span of time.
• Feasibility Report – is a product of feasibility study, conducted to assess the viability of a new product, business, concept and the like.
• Laboratory or Scientific Report – is a report that records the results of an experiment or test of a hypothesis. This may not provide or contribute to the knowledge of the field but it surely provides opportunity for learning on the part of the students.