Reading a Report

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When writing a report, you are called to put into
words your observations about a particular material,
place, community, or even a laboratory specimen.

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When writing reports, you need to be accurate and
honest so that whatever will be reflected in it are
realistic and not whimsical.

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Features of a report
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Content Analysis – comparing two or more
things and closely observing it.

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 Title
Titles in report papers need to be descriptive of the
contents of the body to orient the readers on the
focus of the selection.

Gender Roles and Stereotyping in Disney Movies

By: Michael Karl Calunsag

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 At the very onset of Write your key
your report, you should observations for your
issue an overarching topic. You should include in
statement about a the second paragraph what
general observation. prompted you to write
your report.

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 Rationale -
You should explain the
the reason or
rationale behind the
explanation
choosing of your
for writing
subjects of your report.
something.

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Choosing the subject for Arbitrary
your report is not not planned
arbitrary. or chosen for
a particular
reason.

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 Succeeding Paragraphs

Discuss your topic as If you have divided it

a whole. Introduce into parts, explain
what you want to each part and
discuss about your separate it into
topic. paragraphs.

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 Conclusion

Conclude your work by connecting it to society.

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A closer look at the
report
Aside from simply enumerating observations about
the phenomenon being observed, the writer of the
report should also make an attempt to synthesize
these observations.

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 Random pieces of information do not mean
anything unless they generate an overarching
concept or principle that can be used to explain
similar phenomena.

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Moreover, the data gathered for the report may
either be qualitative or quantitative in nature.

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 Qualitative Data Quantitative Data
contains concrete derived from the
specific and administration of
concrete prose statistical tools.
descriptions of the
subject.

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Writing a Report
Before writing the report itself, you will first have to
conduct field work for you to gather data from
authentic, realistic settings.

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What this requires is for you to gain firsthand
information about your research subjects.

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To get you started with your field work, first identify
a subject that you would like to investigate. And
then, use the worksheets to guide you through the
entire process of data gathering.

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 If you are planning to
observe a social group, use
the worksheet and guide on
mini-ethnography.
However, if you are
planning to examine a
media or literary
production, use the content
analysis guide and
worksheet.
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 Final Draft
First Draft

Worksheets
Second Draft