Report

For other uses, see Report (disambiguation). Reports are used in government, business, education, sci-
A report or account is any informational work (usu- ence, and other fields, are often to display the result of an
experiment, investigation, or inquiry.

3 Attributes
Reports use features such as graphics, images, voice, or
specialized vocabulary in order to persuade that specific
audience to undertake an action. One of the most com-
mon formats for presenting reports is IMRAD: Introduc-
tion, Methods, Results and Discussion. This structure is
standard for the genre because it mirrors the traditional
publication of scientific research and summons the ethos
and credibility of that discipline. Reports are not required
to follow this pattern, and may use alternative patterns
like the problem-solution format.
Additional elements often used to persuade readers in-
clude: headings to indicate topics, to more complex for-
mats including charts, tables, figures, pictures, tables
of contents, abstracts,and nouns summaries, appendices,
footnotes, hyperlinks, and references.

4 Types
Example of a front page of a report
Some examples of reports are:
ally of writing, speech, television, or film) made with the
specific intention of relaying information or recounting • annual reports
certain events in a widely presentable form.[1]
• auditor's reports
• book reports
1 Description • bound reports

A report is an informational work made with the specific • budget reports

intention of relaying information or recounting certain • census reports
events in a widely presentable form. Reports are often
conveyed in writing, speech, television, or film. • credit reports
• demographic reports

2 Use • expense report

• experience report
Reports fill a vast array of informational needs for many
of society’s important organizations. Reports are used for • inspection reports
keeping track of information, which may be used to make • military reports
decisions. Written reports are documents which present
focused, salient content, generally to a specific audience. • police reports

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2 7 EXTERNAL LINKS

• policy reports 6.2 The process of writing reports

• progress reports • Blicq, Ronald (2003). “Technically-Write!". Pren-
• recommendation reports tice Hall. ISBN 0-13-114878-8.

• investigative reports • Gerson, Sharon and Gerson, Steven (2005). Tech-

nical Writing: Process and Product. Prentice Hall.
• scientific reports[2] ISBN 0-13-119664-2.

• trip reports • Lannon, John (2007). Technical Communication.

Longman. ISBN 0-205-55957-3.
• white papers
• appraisal reports
7 External links
• workplace reports
• Grey Literature International Steering Committee
(GLISC), Guidelines for the production of scientific
5 See also and technical reports: how to write and distribute
grey literature, Version 1.1
• Reporting (disambiguation)
• Customer relationship management
• Data quality
• Enterprise application integration
• Enterprise resource planning
• Decision support system
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Management information system
• Grey Literature International Steering Committee –
International guidelines for the production of scien-
tific and technical reports

6 References
[1] “Report - definition of report by The Free Dictionary”.
TheFreeDictionary.com.

[2] “Report”. archive.org.

6.1 Reports or an explanation about them

• Geopolicity - Publications (Iraq 2013 Health Care
Sector Outlook, UAE 2013 Real Estate, New Silk
Road)
• Link, Morton and Hill, Winfrey (1970). Hill-Link
Minority Report of the Presidential Commission on
Obscenity and Pornography. Random House.
• United States Immigration Commission (1933).
Abstracts Of Reports Of The Immigration Com-
mission, With Conclusions And Recommendations
And Views Of The Minority. Kessinger Publishing.
ISBN 1-4366-1613-1.
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8.1 Text
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