LESSON PROPER

TECHNICAL REPORT

TECHNICAL REPORT

A technical report is
an academic paper Technical reports are
that dives into the major resources of
details of a specific scientific and
problem, issue or academic information
topic.

Technical report, known also as

scientific report or research paper,
is a well-written academic paper
that includes the process of
identifying a problem, progress in
determining the treatment of data,
and the interpretation of the
results.

TIPS IN WRITING A TECHNICAL REPORT

Your thesis will say it all. The thesis statement is the center or
your technical report and will give
readers a glimpse of the content of
your work.

Books are better than the Internet. Although the Internet is the major
source of information nowadays,
books should still be used to gather
important data.

Look for similar researches. Using researches that are similar to

what you are planning to do is a
great start.

Be in the most formal tone. You are writing an academic paper

not a fairytale, so you have to make
sure that you use formal and
technical words in creating your
sentences and paragraphs.

Be less subjective. Be more The way you present your findings is

objective. to interpret and show what you found
out without sounding too personal.

PARTS OF TECHNICAL REPORT

1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY – introduction to what’s and whys of your study.

2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE – provides background information and validated
resources from researches, journals, and literary texts for your chosen topic.
3. METHODOLOGY – part of the technical report that describes how the data from your
findings were gained and treated.
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS – the results you collected should be discussed following
the presentation of your research problems. A part of the technical report is for this purpose
alone. The results of your research are presented here in either tabular or graphical forms,
and are discussed in textual form.
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - your conclusion should be objective and
should correlate to the findings that you have presented and its implication to your
research. The recommendations, on the other hand, should give insights as to the
importance of the findings and the change in idea to the current concepts of your topic.
 MECHANICS TO OBSERVE IN WRITING A
REPORT PAPER
Use short bond papers
FONT
Use formal types like Times New
Roman, Arial, Calibri, or Tahoma

SPACING
Double
MARGINS
Left – 1.5, Top, Right, & Bottom – 1
inch

PAGINATION
At the upper right hand corner
USAGE
Observe correct spelling, grammar,
and punctuation

INDENTION
Beginning every paragraph

INTELLECTUAL HONESTY
Cite all sources, lists all references
cited, and never plagiarize.
PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
Observe coherence, unity, and
emphasis
 GUIDELINES IN PRESENTING YOUR REPORT

Bernales, et al. (2016) provide you with the following guidelines in the oral presentation of
your technical report.

BE WELL PREPARED.
You have to make sure that every member
is ready, and everyone is able to do his
best.

Checking your materials is like making

CHECK IF MATERIALS AND
sure that your car engine is ready for the
EQUIPMENT ARE WORKING
long drive.

If the research adviser will not be the one

to invite the panelists for your presentation,
INVITATION IS YOUR KEY make sure that you are able to formally
invite the prospective members of your
panel.

You must clean the room and organize

PREPARE THE ROOM everything before the presentation to
exude a formal atmosphere.
 Wear an appropriate in a corporate setting.
DRESS TO IMPRESS
Also, be formal in your actions.

Using fillers distracts both the presenter

and the audience. This is the same as
DO AWAY WITH DISTRACTING
fidgeting. Never play with perms, buttons,
MANNERISMS
or move your hands in a manner that is not
required in your presentation.

Do not read the text in the presentation.

TALK. DON’T READ Instead, use cue cards to help you focus
on the run down of your presentation.

In answering the questions of the panelists

RESPECT TO BE RESPECTED during or after the presentation, you have
to be respectful.

USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Not only in your technical report that it is a necessity to use diagrams and graphs for an
organized visual representation of data, but these are also needed as part of your
presentation.

1. Venn Diagram – A Venn diagram is used to find the similarities and differences
of two variables. This is mostly used in qualitative research.
 2. Line Graph – A line graph is used to see the changes during a given period of
time across different variables.

3. Pie
Chart – A pie chart is most often used if you are trying to compare percentages and parts
of a whole.

4. Bar Graph – Like a line graph, the use of bar graph is to show changes of the
variables over time. Instead of lines in a plane, the bar graph uses rectangular lines to
present the data.