REPORTING

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REPORTING:Reporting may refer to any Activity that lead to report In particular business reporting Financial reporting Journalism Court reporting Traffic reporting Beat reporting Operational reporting

REPORTING: A report or account is an

information work made with the specific intention of relaying information or recounting certain events in a widely presentable form.

Written reports are documents which present focused, salient content to a specific audience reports are often used to display the result of an experiment, investigation, or inquiry.

CONT… Reports use features such as

graphics, images, voice or specialized vocabulary in order to persuade that specific audience to undertake an action.

One of the most common formats for presenting reports is IMRAD

I-INTRODUCTION M-METHODS R-RESULT AND D-DISCUSSION

IMRAD:

INTRODUCTION: why was the study undertaken? What was the research question, the tested hypothesis or the purpose of the research?

METHODS: when where and how was the study done? What materials were used or who was included in the study groups

Cont…

RESULTS: what answer was found to the research question, what did the study find? Was the tested hypothesis true?

DISCUSSION: what might the answer infer and why does it matter? How does it fit in with what other researchers have found? What are the perispective for future research?

some examples of reporting are:

scientific reports, recommendation reports, white papers, annual reports, auditors reports, work place reports, census reports, trip reports, progress reports, investigative reports, budget reports, policy reports, demograpic reports, credit reports, appraisal reports, inspection reports, military reports, bound reports, etc.

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