Tecnichal report
Prepared by LEAH M. AKINS and JEFFERSON H. AKINS for TECHNICAL/ENGINEERING STUDENTS
ABSTRACT This document specifies the recommended format to be used when submitting a formal technical report in a variety of disciplines and purposes. Also, this manual can be used as a guide to compose less formal reports, such as lab reports, that may consist of asubset of the items presented here. It is a useful general guide from which faculty can specify the particular requirements for reports in their courses.
Original Work: January 13, 2001 Current Revision: January 2009
DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE POUGHKEEPSIE,NEWYORK
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 THE FORMAL TECHNICAL REPORT .......................................................................................................... 1 UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF ALL REPORTS ............................................................................................... 1 REPORT FORMAT ................................................................................................................................ 2 TITLE PAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 2 ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND THEORY .................................................................................................................. 3 DESIGN / THEORETICAL ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 3 PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................................... 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................. 5 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................. 5 WORKS CITED ................................................................................................................................. 6 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................................... 6 HOW A READER IN INDUSTRY PERUSES A TECHNICAL REPORT AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ......... 6 . CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................................... 6 WORKS CITED ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Appendix A – Creating Works Cited Page and Citations within Report ................................................. 8 Citing an Article in a Periodical [1] ..................................................................................................... 8 Citing a Book [1] ................................................................................................................................. 8 Citing Full Text Databases Using APA Format [2] ............................................................................... 8 Citing World Wide Web Documents [2] ............................................................................................. 9 ...
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