Reading A Report
Reading A Report
Reading A Report
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When writing a report, you are called to put into
words your observations about a particular material,
place, community, or even a laboratory specimen.
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When writing reports, you need to be accurate and
honest so that whatever will be reflected in it are
realistic and not whimsical.
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Features of a report
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Content Analysis – comparing two or more
things and closely observing it.
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Title
Titles in report papers need to be descriptive of the
contents of the body to orient the readers on the
focus of the selection.
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At the very onset of Write your key
your report, you should observations for your
issue an overarching topic. You should include in
statement about a the second paragraph what
general observation. prompted you to write
your report.
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Rationale -
You should explain the
the reason or
rationale behind the
explanation
choosing of your
for writing
subjects of your report.
something.
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Choosing the subject for Arbitrary
your report is not not planned
arbitrary. or chosen for
a particular
reason.
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Succeeding Paragraphs
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Conclusion
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A closer look at the
report
Aside from simply enumerating observations about
the phenomenon being observed, the writer of the
report should also make an attempt to synthesize
these observations.
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Random pieces of information do not mean
anything unless they generate an overarching
concept or principle that can be used to explain
similar phenomena.
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Moreover, the data gathered for the report may
either be qualitative or quantitative in nature.
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Qualitative Data Quantitative Data
contains concrete derived from the
specific and administration of
concrete prose statistical tools.
descriptions of the
subject.
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Writing a Report
Before writing the report itself, you will first have to
conduct field work for you to gather data from
authentic, realistic settings.
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What this requires is for you to gain firsthand
information about your research subjects.
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To get you started with your field work, first identify
a subject that you would like to investigate. And
then, use the worksheets to guide you through the
entire process of data gathering.
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If you are planning to However, if you are
observe a social group, use planning to examine a
the worksheet and guide on media or literary
mini-ethnography. production, use the content
analysis guide and
worksheet.
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Final Draft
First Draft
Worksheets
Second Draft