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Types of Reports: Common Report Structures

The document discusses different types of reports and their common structures. It provides a table that outlines the typical sections found in short reports, science reports, business reports, engineering reports, and research reports. These include components like the title page, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, and references. The report structures are tailored based on the intended purpose and content of each type.

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Types of Reports: Common Report Structures

The document discusses different types of reports and their common structures. It provides a table that outlines the typical sections found in short reports, science reports, business reports, engineering reports, and research reports. These include components like the title page, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, and references. The report structures are tailored based on the intended purpose and content of each type.

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Types of reports

Reports are written for different purposes. They therefore contain different information and
structures, including headings and subheadings, and these form the outline of the report. The
table below shows the sections commonly found in these types of reports.

Common report structures


Short report

Science report

Business report

Title page

Title page

Title page

Introduction

Introduction

Executive summary

Discussion

Method & materials

Table of contents

Recommendations

Results

Introduction

References

Discussion

Discussion

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendices

Recommendations

References

Appendices

References

Engineering report

Research report

Title page

Title page

Executive summary
(optional)

Executive summary

Introduction

Method / methodology

Results / findings

Introduction

Objectives

Analysis

Discussion

Discussion

Conclusions

Recommendations &
action plan

Recommendations

Appendices

Bibliography

Conclusion

Appendices

References

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