Chapter 14 Flashcards
Good research reports will always:
Focus on addressing the research objectives.
The report writer should always remember that people have expectations about what information they will find and where it will be. It is unusual for final reports to have a section with:
Research costs.
Which reports section is intended to describe the purpose with a full statement of the research question?
Objectives.
Which of these would not help your confidence in the context of a presentation?
Presentation software.
The method section for _______ includes detailed information on the sampling frame; sample size; variables selected for measurement; questionnaire, sampling procedure; response rates.
A quantitative study.
The results section is where you will present the findings in a readable format. In a qualitative report it is likely that you ill always use:
Words.
Recommendations should be based on:
Findings.
Which of these is bad practice for a report?
To include names of all respondents with contact details.
Which one of these phrases is best avoided in a report?
Normal respondent.
Which one of these is best avoided in a report?
Idiomatic phrases.
The user of research information must be aware of the ways in which visual displays can be misleading. Which one of these is most likely to help the user?
Including sample sizes.
Which of these software packages is most commonly used in presentations?
PowerPoint.
Which of these situations cannot be discovered to help preparation before a presentation?
The mood of a meeting.
All of these situations are likely to have an influence on eye contact. Which one would you try to ask the meeting organiser to change to give you better eye contact?
Room layout.
The report is not:
A research proposal.
