RESEARCH REPORT

WRITING

UNIT-5
CASE STUDY

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WHAT IS
RESEARCH
REPORT
WRITING

The research report fulfills

the historical task of serving
as a concrete proof of the
study that was undertaken.
This serves the purpose of
providing a framework for
any work that can be
conducted in the same or
related areas.
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WHAT IS THE
IMPORTANT OF
REPORT
WRITING?

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HOW TO WRITE
AN EFFECTIVE
RESEARCH
REPORT

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TYPES OF REPORTS

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WHAT IS A BRIEF
REPORT?
These kinds of reports are
not formally structured and
are generally short,
sometimes
not running more than four
to five pages. Types of Brief
reports are:
-Working papers or basic
reports
-Survey reports

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DETAILED
REPORTS
These are more formal and
pedantic in their structure and
are essentially either
academic, technical or business
reports. Sometimes, the
researcher may prepare both
kinds—for an academic as well
as for a business purpose. The
language, presentation
and format of the two kinds of
reports would be vastly different
as they would need to
be prepared for the
understanding of the reader’s
capabilities and intentions

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TECHNICAL
REPORTS
These are major documents and
would include all elements of the
basic report, as
well as the interpretations and
conclusions, as related to the
obtained results. This
would have a complete problem
background and any additional
past data/records
that are essential for
comprehending and interpreting
the present study output.

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ASSIGNMENT

Find a technical and business report from your library or on the internet and examine the contents of
the report against what has been discussed in the chapter. What deviations did you find from the stated
structure? What do you think could have been the reason for this?

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BUSINESS
REPORTS
These reports would not have the
technical rigour and details of the
technical report
and would be in the language and
include conclusions as understood
and required
by the business manager. The
tables, figures and numbers of the
first report would
now be pictorially shown as bars
and graphs and the reporting tone
would be more
in business terms rather than in
conceptual or theoretical terms.

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REPORT
PREPARATION AND
PRESENTATION

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STRUCTURE OF
RESEARCH
REPORT

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REPORT
FORMULATION
GUIDELINES
FOR
EFFECTIVE
DOCUMENTATI
ON

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PRESENTING
OF DATA

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PRESENTING
TABULAR DATA

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VISUAL
REPRESENTATI
ON

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DATA
PRESENTATION
WITH GRAPHS

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COLUMN
CHART

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PICTORIAL
PRESENTATION OF DATA

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PIE CHART

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ASSIGNMENT
Q :Given a dataset of monthly sales figures for a retail store over the past year, draw a line graph
illustrating the trend in sales over time.

Month Sales (in $)

January 15000
February 18000
March 20000
April 22000
May 25000
June 28000
July 30000
August 32000
September 28000
October 26000
November 23000
December 20000

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BAR CHART

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ORAL
PRESENTATION

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ASSIGNMENT
1. Examine online research reports available and evaluate the process of reporting by them. Do you
think that the structure followed by them is effective and efficient? Comment.
2. There are a number of sites available for educating a researcher on making presentations. Study the
methodology suggested by these and prepare a presentation of not more than 20 minutes to share with
your class colleagues

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THANK YOU