Question 1

Report editing should:

Accepted Answer

A)  enhance the report's logic and analysis 
B)  lengthen the document 
C)  shorten the document 
D)  alter the structure of the report 
A)  enhance the report's logic and analysis 
B)  lengthen the document 
C)  shorten the document 
D)  alter the structure of the report C

Question 2

Summary tables:

Accepted Answer

A)  summarize many tables into one 
B)  summarize the results of many analyses 
C)  have enough information to allow the reader to reconstruct the original tables 
D)  all of the above 
A)  summarize many tables into one 
B)  summarize the results of many analyses 
C)  have enough information to allow the reader to reconstruct the original tables 
D)  all of the above D

Question 3

Technical details should be:

Accepted Answer

A)  explained fully 
B)  explained clearly 
C)  footnoted 
D)  kept at a minimum 
E)  all of the above 
A)  explained fully 
B)  explained clearly 
C)  footnoted 
D)  kept at a minimum 
E)  all of the above E

Question 4

It is recommended, more often than not, to write for:

Accepted Answer

A)  a technical audience 
B)  an already informed audience 
C)  a general audience 
D)  an interested audience 
A)  a technical audience 
B)  an already informed audience 
C)  a general audience 
D)  an interested audience

Report editing should:

Summary tables:

Technical details should be:

It is recommended, more often than not, to write for:

Approaches to Methods

Explaining

Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Field Observations

Survey Designs

Nonreactive and Comparative Research

Qualitative Research Methods

Critical Approaches to Research: Action and Feminist Research

A Statistics Primer

Three Tests of Significance

Bias

Ethical Issues

Getting the Project Started

Measurement

Questionnaire Development

Sampling and Sample Size

Starting the Data Analysis

Basic Multivarate Techniques

Using Spss for Windows

Filters

Exam 18: The Research Report

Report editing should:

Summary tables:

Technical details should be:

It is recommended, more often than not, to write for:

Approaches to Methods

Explaining

Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Field Observations

Survey Designs

Nonreactive and Comparative Research

Qualitative Research Methods

Critical Approaches to Research: Action and Feminist Research

A Statistics Primer

Three Tests of Significance

Bias

Ethical Issues

Getting the Project Started

Measurement

Questionnaire Development

Sampling and Sample Size

Starting the Data Analysis

Basic Multivarate Techniques

Using Spss for Windows

Filters