BRUSHING UP YOUR SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING QUIZ- FST601
Brushing up on your report writing quiz- FST601
1. What is a scientific or technical report?
2. In the diagram below, name the 4 or 5 main sections in the
body of a standard scientific report.
3. Insert the headings for the first 4 sections in the Psychology
report in which they are missing (Handout - Report).
4. What is the reason for the funnel shape above i.e. the
narrowing in section 1 and the broadening out from section
4?
5. There is another (concurrent) pattern underlying the IMRaD
structure of a report. What is it? (handout – icy roads)
6. List the sections that come before the body of a report. (NB
some of these may only be included in longer reports).
7. Which sections of a report does an abstract summarise?
8. Which sections may come after the body of the report?
9. What material would you put in the appendices?
10. What are the main elements of an introduction?
11. Is the methods always just a description of the steps you
took to carry out your experiment?
12. How can you sometimes avoid lengthy descriptions of your
methods?
13. Your friend’s report has a short paragraph introducing the
results section followed by several pages of tables and
graphs. What comment will you make when s/he asks you
to proofread the chapter?
14. What are your top 5 tips for presenting figures and tables in
the results section?
15. The discussion explains what the results mean. What else
would a discussion section do?
16. The conclusion summarises the key findings. What element
of the introduction would you return to?
17. In which sections of a report would you reference to other
studies?
18. Many reports contain an alphabetical or numerical list of all
the published and electronic sources used. What is this
section usually called?
a. Bibliography
b. References
19. SCC and engineering have a slightly different report. Name
the sections in the diagram (handout).
R Blake/L Innes FST 2019 v1
AV updated by CFH 2/7/19
BRUSHING UP YOUR SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING QUIZ- FST601

R Blake/L Innes FST 2019 v1

AV updated by CFH 2/7/19