Bell Ringer Activities For Business Management and Administration Cluster Instructional Area: Communication Skills Explain the components of an analytical report. The purpose of an analytical report is to scrutinize the different components of the subject being studied. Analytical reports can take different focuses such as: statistical, comparative, explanative or evaluative. In doing so, the researcher may seek to answer questions regarding which product is better or offer an explanation for why something happened or whether something is a good proposal. An analytical report should contain a preview or overview of the contents that will follow in the document. The body of the report should provide a detailed itemization of the topic being discussed, so that a reader that is unfamiliar with the topic will have a full understanding of the topic after reading the text. Source: Retrieved September 7, 2010 from Analytical Reports. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_lannon_techcomm_9/6/1620/414762.cw/index.html What is the purpose of a research report? A research report intends to provide the reader with the results of study while also incorporating the and thoughts. One key point, finding or relationship should be writer’s own interpretation, argument the main focus of the paper and should be summed into one sentence—the thesis. The researcher should research and analyze the knowledge garnered from the scholarly journals, books and peer-reviewed articles and used the information to structure a report in affirmation or negation of the thesis. The different sections of the paper should provide adequate detail about the research topic so that the reader has an understanding of the topic and the point that the researcher is wishing to argue or supplement. Source: (1999) Retrieved September 7, 2010 from How to Write a Scholarly Research Report. http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=6&n=13
Bell Ringer Activities For Business Management and Administration Cluster Instructional Area: Communication Skills Explain the components of an analytical report. The purpose of an analytical report is to scrutinize the different components of the subject being studied. Analytical reports can take different focuses such as: statistical, comparative, explanative or evaluative. In doing so, the researcher may seek to answer questions regarding which product is better or offer an explanation for why something happened or whether something is a good proposal. An analytical report should contain a preview or overview of the contents that will follow in the document. The body of the report should provide a detailed itemization of the topic being discussed, so that a reader that is unfamiliar with the topic will have a full understanding of the topic after reading the text. Source: Analytical Reports. Retrieved September 7, 2010 from http://wps.ablongman.com/long_lannon_techcomm_9/6/1620/414762.cw/index.html What is the purpose of a research report? A research report intends to provide the reader with the results of study while also incorporating the writer’s own interpretation, argument and thoughts. One key point, finding or relationship should be the main focus of the paper and should be summed into one sentence—the thesis. The researcher should research and analyze the knowledge garnered from the scholarly journals, books and peer-reviewed articles and used the information to structure a report in affirmation or negation of the thesis. The different sections of the paper should provide adequate detail about the research topic so that the reader has an understanding of the topic and the point that the researcher is wishing to argue or supplement. Source: How to Write a Scholarly Research Report. (1999) Retrieved September 7, 2010 from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=6&n=13