A) Inclusion of technically sophisticated explanations of data analyses.
B) Completeness of the report.
C) Conciseness of the writing style.
D) Accuracy of the information presented.
E) Clarity of the writing style.
G) B) and E)
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A) Definitions of unfamiliar terms should be included in the introduction.
B) The introduction should not state the specific objectives of the research.
C) The report reader should be made familiar with the relationship between the research project and other related work.
D) The body of the report is one of the hardest sections to write in that it is important that the reader be told what was done, and why it was done, without the use of technical jargon.
E) All of the above are true.
G) A) and D)
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A) the definition of the population.
B) what was done.
C) how the sample was chosen.
D) why the procedure chosen was used.
E) All of the above should be included in the sampling section.
G) None of the above
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A) Appendix.
B) Introduction.
C) Summary.
D) Conclusions and Recommendations.
E) Bibliography.
G) None of the above
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A) Tables and figures should be used sparingly since they can be included liberally in the appendix.
B) Each table should address only a single problem.
C) Numbers in tables should be rounded to two effective digits.
D) Irrelevant information should be omitted.
E) Tables and figures should be logically ordered.
G) A) and E)
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A) Simple errors in addition or subtraction.
B) Confusion between percentages and percentage points.
C) Inaccuracy caused by grammatical errors.
D) Confused terminology resulting in fallacious conclusion.
E) Faulty data analysis.
G) B) and D)
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A) A good test of a summary is self-sufficiency in that a summary should not require the appended full report but should be able to stand on its own.
B) In general, it is not desirable for the researcher to draw conclusions in the written report. Rather they should limit their reports to presentation of the facts and should let the reader draw his or her own inferences from this presentation.
C) The good summary in a research report contains the necessary introductory information to provide background, and the important results and conclusions.
D) The true summary is an abstract of the whole report in which everything is restated in condensed form.
E) As a general rule, the research report with wide distribution will require a more extensive introduction than a report for a narrow audience since a major purpose of the introduction is to provide the background information the reader needs to appreciate the discussion in the body of the report.
G) A) and D)
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A) Executive Summary
B) Conclusions and Recommendations
C) Methods
D) Results
E) Introduction
G) A) and E)
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A) They must be tailor-made for their readers.
B) They must pay attention to the audience's technical sophistication.
C) They must be written at an 8th grade reading level or below.
D) They must pay attention to the audience's interest in the subject.
E) They must be written with understanding of the circumstances under which the audience will read and use the report.
G) A) and D)
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B) False
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A) use technical terminology.
B) use the longest words possible.
C) write only one draft.
D) read it aloud.
E) use complex sentences.
G) C) and D)
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B) False
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A) emphasize what could have been accomplished given a larger research budget.
B) acknowledge that all studies contain error and this one is no different.
C) not mention them, let the data speak for itself.
D) provide a balanced account of the specific problems.
E) tell an amusing anecdote relating to statistical infallibility.
G) All of the above
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A) A conclusion is an opinion of what future action should be taken.
B) In general, it is not desirable for the researcher to draw conclusions in the written report. Rather they should limit their reports to presentations of the facts and should let the reader draw his or her own inferences from this presentation.
C) If a report is to be read by one familiar with the research topic, an introduction is unnecessary.
D) As a general rule, the research report with a wide distribution will require a more extensive introduction than a report for a narrow audience since a major purpose of the introduction is to provide the background information the reader needs to appreciate the discussion in the body of the report.
E) In general, the amount of detail contained in the research report should be inversely proportional to the amount of direct control the user can exercise over the areas under discussion.
G) A) and C)
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A) The subject of the report.
B) The name of the research organization.
C) The date of submission.
D) The name of the client organization.
E) The cost of the project.
G) B) and D)
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A) clear if it provides all the information the readers need in a language they understand.
B) incomplete when it is brief.
C) determined by the reader's interest and abilities.
D) capable of generating inaccuracies due to inept phrasing, illogical reasoning, and mishandling of the data.
E) hard to tailor to a group of executives.
G) A) and D)
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A) introduction.
B) summary.
C) body.
D) conclusions.
E) appendix.
G) B) and D)
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A) The research report represents the end product of the research process. No matter what the proficiency with which all previous steps have been dispatched, the project will be no more successful than the research report.
B) The audience determines the type of report. Researchers must make every effort to acquaint themselves with the specific preferences of their audience. They should not consider these preferences as unalterable, but any deviations from them should be made with reason and not from ignorance.
C) The fundamental criterion by which research reports are evaluated is communication with the reader.
D) The technical capacity of the reader is unimportant as far as the research report is concerned. Rather, the reader's interest is critical in determining the content of the report. An interested reader should be expected to overcome any difficulties he or she might have in understanding the report because of limited technical expertise.
E) The competency of the researcher is often evaluated based on the readability of the research report.
G) None of the above
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A) Presentation of the technical aspects of all data analyses performed in the project.
B) Presentation of all information needed by the reader in easily understandable language.
C) Presentation of all data collected in the research project in easily understandable language.
D) Adherence to the outline of the report.
E) Accurate presentation of information.
G) B) and E)
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B) False
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