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• Steps for survey report

  1. Decide on the content of the survey

  2. Confirm the target audience

  3. Send out the survey through a channel

  4. Analyze the survey results
• Different channels for survey report

  • Online
  • Pen and paper
  • Phone interview
• Field Report

  • Aims to describe the observations of people, places, and/or events
  • Aims to analyze the observation of data and categorize them into themes in relation to the research study
• Steps in creating a field report

  1. Decide on the aspects that need to be observed

  2. Take note of the observations in a systematic way

  3. Analyze the data using themes

  4. Use a theoretical framework in order to fit all observations into a research study
• What a researcher can use to take field notes

  • Written/typed notes
  • Photos
  • Video and audio recordings
  • Illustrations and drawings
• Laboratory/Scientific Technical Report


  Two major aims: document findings and communicate their significance
• Steps in Laboratory/Scientific Technical Report

  1. Determine what is being observed

  2. Create and control the experiment

  3. Conduct the experiment in the laboratory

  4. Observe results

  5. Report the findings
• Laboratory/Scientific Technical Report


  • The environment is controlled
  • Researchers control and measure the data
  • IMRaD format is used for final report
• A survey report


  Collects data from respondents which usually reflect opinions or attitudes about different topics
• A laboratory/scientific technical report


  • Aims to report findings to readers using the IMRaD structure
  • The researcher controls the setup of the laboratory in order to get results and report them to the readers
• Sections of Research Reports


  • Introduction - introduce the phenomenon, identify research problem or question
  • Methodology - explain the data gathering procedure, collect data
  • Results - synthesize data, present findings
  • Discussion - interpret and analyze data, solve or suggest solutions
• Preliminaries


  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Table of Contents
• Main Body


  • Introduction
  • Related Literature and Studies
  • Methodology
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
• References


  • List of sources presented according to a specific referencing format
• Appendices


  • Transcriptions
  • Observation or field notes
  • Questionnaires
  • Other pertinent information gathered or used by the researchers
• Guidelines in Report Writing


  • Cohesion
  • Citation
  • Content
  • Clarity
  • Consistency
• The structure of research survey, field, and technical reports is the IMRaD format
• When writing a report, there are standards that can be used as a guideline

  • Cohesion
  • Citation
  • Content
  • Clarity
  • Consistency