The Technical Report

• Technical reports come in" rel="nofollow">in many different formats. For a passin" rel="nofollow">ing grade, follow the technical report format presented here. • Your paper must in" rel="nofollow">include a graphic--a table, a chart, a picture that helps readers to understand better the thesis of your paper. For example, a diagram of the skeletal structure of a horse, properly labeled, and referenced and explain" rel="nofollow">ined in" rel="nofollow">in the paper itself, might help a reader better understand chiropractic manipulation on horses. A picture of a smilin" rel="nofollow">ing horse will not help readers to understand this idea better. Therefore, a picture of a smilin" rel="nofollow">ing horse will not count as a graphic in" rel="nofollow">in your technical report. You will address the graphic in" rel="nofollow">in the text of your paper before you present the reader with the graphic. It will be properly labeled, as we learned in" rel="nofollow">in our graphics chapter. If you got the graphic OR the in" rel="nofollow">information to create the graphic from a source other than your own head, it must be cited properly in" rel="nofollow">in the text and documented on your works cited, references, or bibliography page. No graphic, - 2 letter grades. • Save yourself a lot of work and move through the "Create a Table of Contents in" rel="nofollow">in Word" document by Microsoft Office (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-table-of-contents-in" rel="nofollow">in-Word-882E8564-0EDB-435E-84B5-1D8552CCF0C0). The 30 min" rel="nofollow">inutes you spend lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at that in" rel="nofollow">information will pay for itself repeatedly as you learn to make your document create the table of contents--and update it--automatically with the click of a button. Your paper has five sections: front matter, in" rel="nofollow">introduction, detailed discussion, termin" rel="nofollow">inal section, back matter. Front Matter (no 1st level headin" rel="nofollow">ing required in" rel="nofollow">in front matter): There are four required sections in" rel="nofollow">in this part. 1. Letter of Transmittal see p. 532 (You don't have to have a fancy header. Your letter of transmittal should be in" rel="nofollow">in formal letter format--see pages 378-379. You are addressin" rel="nofollow">ing your letter to Dr. Tamara Powell, CHSS Director of the Office Distance Education, Kennesaw State University, 402 Bartow Avenue NW, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144.) 2. Title Page (the title must in" rel="nofollow">include the words "Recommendation Report") see p. 533 3. Abstract (should be an in" rel="nofollow">informative abstract and please list about five key words) see p. 521 There is no executive summary for this assignment. 4. Table of Contents see p. 535 Introduction (1st level headin" rel="nofollow">ing) There are five required headin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">in this part. The Introduction section is divided in" rel="nofollow">into four subheadin" rel="nofollow">ings. Introduction (Major headin" rel="nofollow">ings can fancy, refer to your style guide or MS Styles preferences; page 1 begin" rel="nofollow">ins here.) NOTE: "Nature of the Problem" etc. are subheadin" rel="nofollow">ings that MUST be in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in your technical report in" rel="nofollow">in the in" rel="nofollow">introduction. Failure to in" rel="nofollow">include the four headin" rel="nofollow">ings below will result in" rel="nofollow">in a loss of 80 poin" rel="nofollow">ints from your paper. 1. Nature of the Problem (second level headin" rel="nofollow">ing)–who, where, how, what, why, when 2. Significance of the Problem (second level headin" rel="nofollow">ing)–sell the reader on the ultimate meanin" rel="nofollow">ingfulness of your research. 3. Scope of the Report (second level headin" rel="nofollow">ing)–boundaries, what considerations are in" rel="nofollow">included and what must be ignored for the sake of practicality and sanity. For example, if you are studyin" rel="nofollow">ing font choices for a brochure, you might explain" rel="nofollow">in that you are limitin" rel="nofollow">ing your selection of fonts to consider to 1) Roman alphabets, and 2) fonts commonly found on American computers. If you are examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing studies of television viewin" rel="nofollow">ing habits, you might say you are limitin" rel="nofollow">ing your research to 1) American families, 2) peer-reviewed, scholarly studies performed in" rel="nofollow">in the past five years, and 3) network and cable viewin" rel="nofollow">ing, not Netflix or other non-network and cable viewin" rel="nofollow">ing habits. 4. Organizational Plan (second level headin" rel="nofollow">ing) –(choose from chronological, spatial, functional, order of importance, elimin" rel="nofollow">ination of poor solutions, general to particular, particular to general, simple to complex, known to unknown, pro and con, cause and effect. This section is simple. You will state, "I am usin" rel="nofollow">ing the organizational plan of _____________ to organize my report." If you use a combin" rel="nofollow">ination of organizational plans, then tell which one you will use in" rel="nofollow">in each section. You might also give a rationale.) Click here to see a sample of what this section might look like. https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/content/enforced1/1079399-CO.430.WRIT3140.50826.20171/Assignments/Introductionexample.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=RwFnpj7BzA1ncGlqwfX46Asga&ou=1079399 Detailed Discussion The purpose of the detailed discussion is to elaborate on the in" rel="nofollow">introduction. You have already stated your main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints. In the detailed discussion, you want to present those main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints again" rel="nofollow">in and support them with your data, examples, logic, and clear arguments to show that your ideas are sound and correct. Headin" rel="nofollow">ings are required in" rel="nofollow">in this section, but there are no specific, required headin" rel="nofollow">ings because only you know what your headin" rel="nofollow">ings will be labeled. This part of your paper is a lot of work--you want to slow down and really provide clear lin" rel="nofollow">inks among your assertions, your data, your explanations, and your main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints. In your proposal, you created the outlin" rel="nofollow">ine of your detailed discussion. Here is the place to flesh out that outlin" rel="nofollow">ine. Provide in" rel="nofollow">interpretations of data–explain" rel="nofollow">in how you know your solution to this very significant problem is the correct solution, how this approach and this data lead to these conclusions and recommendations. People usually choose to put their graphic for this paper in" rel="nofollow">in the detailed discussion section. At the end of your detailed discussion, you will have two additional sections: Conclusions: In this section, you will write out in" rel="nofollow">in paragraph form your conclusions. Recommendations: In this section, you will write out in" rel="nofollow">in paragraph form your recommendations. Click here to see an example of a detailed discussion section. https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/content/enforced1/1079399-CO.430.WRIT3140.50826.20171/Assignments/detaileddiscussionexample.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=RwFnpj7BzA1ncGlqwfX46Asga&ou=1079399 Termin" rel="nofollow">inal Section The termin" rel="nofollow">inal section has two parts: the conclusions and the recommendations. Each part has a required headin" rel="nofollow">ing. The required headin" rel="nofollow">ing for the conclusions section is Conclusions. The required headin" rel="nofollow">ing for the recommendations section is Recommendations. Conclusions-number and list them. This is a numbered list of the conclusions at the end of your detailed discussion. These are the same conclusions from your detailed discussion section. However, they are now in" rel="nofollow">in numbered form. . Recommendations-number and list them. This is a numbered list of the recommendations at the end of your detailed discussion. These are the same recommendations from your detailed discussion; however, now they are numbered form. You can see an example of the end of the detailed discussion and the entire termin" rel="nofollow">inal section here. https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/content/enforced1/1079399-CO.430.WRIT3140.50826.20171/Assignments/conclusionexample.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=RwFnpj7BzA1ncGlqwfX46Asga&ou=1079399 The Back Matter The back matter contain" rel="nofollow">ins one and possibly two sections. The Works Cited, References, or Bibliography section (dependin" rel="nofollow">ing upon the style of documentation you use) is required. Please remember that you are required to use at least six scholarly sources. Everythin" rel="nofollow">ing you list in" rel="nofollow">in your Works Cited/References/Bibliography section is required to be used in" rel="nofollow">in your paper--cited at least once! And everythin" rel="nofollow">ing cited in" rel="nofollow">in your paper is required to be listed on your Works Cited/References/Bibliography page. Works Cited, References or Bibliography--be sure and use a variety of scholarly sources, enough to support your poin" rel="nofollow">int. You must use at least six scholarly sources. Also, be sure and in" rel="nofollow">indicate what documentation style you are usin" rel="nofollow">ing-APA, MLA, CBE, Chicago, etc. See p. 670 and p. 556 in" rel="nofollow">in Markel (APA format), 695 (MLA). Appendices--An appendices section is only required if you conducted in" rel="nofollow">interviews, conducted a survey, or have other in" rel="nofollow">information that needs to be in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in the paper to support your claims. You can read more about appendices on page 534. Here are two good sample reports for you to look at. Thank you to Ms. Carrie Pietzyk and Ms. PriyaRamani for givin" rel="nofollow">ing me permission to share these reports with you. Sample 1 https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/content/enforced1/1079399-CO.430.WRIT3140.50826.20171/Assignments/Technical_Report_Sample2011.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=RwFnpj7BzA1ncGlqwfX46Asga&ou=1079399 Sample 2 https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/content/enforced1/1079399-CO.430.WRIT3140.50826.20171/Assignments/SampleTechnicalReport2.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=RwFnpj7BzA1ncGlqwfX46Asga&ou=1079399 Technical Report Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Rubric