Author Question: Which of the following is NOT typically part of a good report summary? a. Introductory information ... (Read 96 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

Which of the following is NOT typically part of a good report summary?
a. Introductory information providing background for the research
b. Important results
c. Conclusions
d. Headings and subheadings
e. All the above are part of the good summary.

Question 2

Which of the following is FALSE for a written report?
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. The major purpose of the introduction is to provide the background information the reader needs to appreciate the discussion in the body of the report.