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RESEARCHREPORTSFORBUSINESSAND-THECNICALWRITING

WayneLosano

Asurprisingamountofone'stimeasastudentandprofessionalisspentreportingtheresultsofone'sresearchprojectsforpresentationtoteachers,managers,,withoutbasicresearchskillsandtheabilitytopresentresearchresultsclearlyandcompletely,-writingabilityisfeltnearlyequallybycollegestudentsinallfields,'sresearch-writingskills,andmostprofessionscontinuethedemand;education,advertisingandmarketing,economicsandaccounting,scienceandengineering,psychology,anthropology,thearts,

ELEMENTSOFTHERESEARCHPAPER

Thestandardresearchreport,regardlessofthefieldortheintendedreader,,andtheymaybearrangedinavarietyofways,

--social,economic,medical,psychological,educational,--ofthequestion;inotherwords,,ifwesetout,forexample,toanswerthequestion"WhatistheeffectofregularconsumptionoffastfoodsonthehealthoftheAmericanteenager?"

,possibly,

,withasmuchdataaspossible,,howthesubjectswereselectedifsubjectswereused,whatstatisticaltechniquewasusedtoevaluatethesignificanceofthefindings,howmanyobservationsweremadeandwhen,-strokeswouldhavetodetailthenumberofswimmerstested,thenatureofthetestsconducted,theexperienceoftheswimmers,theweatherconditionsatthetimeofthetest,,orrefute,

,andperhapsmostimportant,,ofcourse,one'snaturaltendencymightbetosuppressanyfindingswhichdonotinsomewaysupportone'shypothesis,,ifthedatawasinadequateorcontrarytoexpectations,thereportshouldbehonestlywrittenandascompleteaspossible,