Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 21 views

    Technical Reports

    Uploaded by

    Noor Fatima
    Technical reports come in various forms and seek to convey information, analyze situations, or make recommendations to influence readers' decisions or actions. They generally include front matter like a title page, abstract, table of contents, and executive summary; a body with sections on introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations; and back matter such as a glossary, references, and appendix. The body presents findings from research and experiments and draws conclusions and proposals for next steps. Together, these components provide clear analysis and recommendations to readers.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Technical Reports

    Uploaded by

    Noor Fatima
    21 views2 pages
    Technical reports come in various forms and seek to convey information, analyze situations, or make recommendations to influence readers' decisions or actions. They generally include front matter like a title page, abstract, table of contents, and executive summary; a body with sections on introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations; and back matter such as a glossary, references, and appendix. The body presents findings from research and experiments and draws conclusions and proposals for next steps. Together, these components provide clear analysis and recommendations to readers.

    Original Title

    technical-reports

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Technical reports come in various forms and seek to convey information, analyze situations, or make recommendations to influence readers' decisions or actions. They generally include front matter like a title page, abstract, table of contents, and executive summary; a body with sections on introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations; and back matter such as a glossary, references, and appendix. The body presents findings from research and experiments and draws conclusions and proposals for next steps. Together, these components provide clear analysis and recommendations to readers.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    21 views2 pages

    Technical Reports

    Uploaded by

    Noor Fatima
    Technical reports come in various forms and seek to convey information, analyze situations, or make recommendations to influence readers' decisions or actions. They generally include front matter like a title page, abstract, table of contents, and executive summary; a body with sections on introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations; and back matter such as a glossary, references, and appendix. The body presents findings from research and experiments and draws conclusions and proposals for next steps. Together, these components provide clear analysis and recommendations to readers.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Writing Technical Reports

    What are technical reports?

    Technical reports come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from your basic letter or email,
    to the several-hundred-page documents agencies the EPA and SEC produce. Technical reports
    seek to convey information, analyze a situation, or make recommendations. They must be so
    clear and convincing that readers decide to act on the conclusions or recommendations offered.

    What do they include?

    Front matter. Different reports offer different sorts of front matter—i.e., the materials that
    precede a report’s introduction and body. Distinctions between the types of front matter reports
    include often depend upon the reports’ length and depth. Among the most common materials one
    may use as front matter are the following:

    Title page. The title page includes a title that indicates the report’s subject and purpose. It
    should also list the names of the report’s principle readers and principle preparers, the
    date, and the name or logo of the writer’s organization.
    Abstract. The abstract offers a summary of the document’s contents; the length usually
    ranges between 150 and 300 words. By reading the abstract, the reader should know what
    information the document will convey. Depending upon the type of abstract a writer
    uses—whether descriptive or informative—the abstract may or may not convey the
    document’s findings.
    Table of contents. The table of content conveys both the organization and scope of the
    document. It should use the same headings as the document, thereby employing parallel
    structure. If the document uses sub-headings, so should the table of contents.
    Executive summary. The executive summary distills the report’s essence and is addressed
    to a manager. Given its audience, this section offers a sense of the document’s scope and
    foregrounds such information as costs and time involved. Is should be about 5% as long
    as the document proper (1 page for a 20-page report).

    Body. The body is the meat of the report. It addresses all the materials that are introduced in the
    front matter. Many reports divide the body into the following sections:

    Introduction. The introduction prepares readers to understand the document. It orients the
    reader to the report’s subject, purpose, background, sources, scope, findings, and
    recommendations.
    Methods. The methods section explains the research and experiments the document’s
    principle preparers performed. Often, this section’s organization incorporates a listing
    technique (i.e. bullet points).

    Slu.edu/writingservices.xml
    314-977-3484
    Body, cont’d.:

    Results. The results section offers a neutral explanation of the report’s findings. The
    emphasis here is on building a critical mass of reasoning and evidence that will allow the
    preparers to draw well-formed conclusions in the conclusions section. Often the results
    section is the longest section a writer will include in a technical report.
    Conclusions. The conclusions section interprets the results. Explain your reasoning and
    emphasize causal connection.
    Recommendations. The recommendations section functions as a call to action. Having
    presented findings and drawn conclusions from them, this section then proposes a next
    step. Like the methods section, the recommendations section often includes a list
    technique.

    Back matter. A technical report’s back matter accomplishes 2 purposes: (1) it gives credit to
    sources and (1) it presents materials that would become a digression if they appeared in the body
    section. Among elements writers often include in back matter are the following:

    Glossary. A glossary is a list of definitions. You may include a glossary in a technical


    report if it uses a number of terms with which readers may not be familiar. When
    including a glossary, note its existence in a footnote in the body of the report.
    References. You also may refer to a report’s reference section as a “Bibliography” or
    “Works Cited,” depending on the style you’re using. Cite all the sources the report
    quotes, paraphrases, or summarizes.
    Appendix. Appendices may include maps, diagrams, or computations that would not fit in
    the body of the report. Label appendices with letters (i.e. Appendix A, Appendix B, and
    so on).

    Slu.edu/writingservices.xml
    314-977-3484

    You might also like