What is Report: Definition and 255 Discussions

A report is a document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents.

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  1. C

    Electrostatics lab report question

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me any input on this question over an electrostatics lab I recently did. The part I'm not sure about was a section where we sampled the charges of several different wands by placing them into a Faraday ice pail connected to an electrometer. The...
  2. marcus

    Skin color gene identified (NYT and Science report)

    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/science/16gene.html Yesterday's issue of Science magazine, and this article in the 16 December NY Times report that a major determinant of skin color is a single gene which has been located reportedly 99 pecent of European caucasians have one allele, one...
  3. V

    Report on subject: synapse and muscle

    I have to make a report on subject: synapse and muscle. Well i know what synapse is, but how are muscle and synapse related. Does this topic mean that i have to explain how muscles work in terms of neurons exhanging impulses through synapses. I am not really expert on the subject but any hints...
  4. Z

    Writing a Lab Report: Tips, Advice & Experiences

    As part of my Degree I had been told I need to produce a Lab report! I have a small problem with this! I don’t know how to write one. I have never read a Lab report, so I am unsure as to the format/layout and content of one. What I’m asking is for advise on how to set out a report, things...
  5. V

    Writing a report on audiometry

    Im writing a report on audiometry and i don't understand what is the difference between ear bone sound conductivity and ear air sound conductivity. The methods they use to determine those parameters are so alike to me that it makes me wonder, what is the difference?
  6. L

    Totally lost in a chem lab report

    Hey everyone =) I am nearing my completion of the chemistry unit, and I have to do a huge lab report before I write my unit test..:frown: For the lab basically, we are comparing acid-neutralizing capabilities of baking soda and antacid substances. We are going to.. - mix measured amounts of...
  7. M

    Lab report: pulling cart up a ramp, find efficiencies

    I am doing a lab report and something is wrong. I don't know if it is my results, or if it is my calculation. What we did was pull a cart up a ramp upside down (wheels facing up) with different masses and different angles of the ramp. We pulled it up with a spring scale calibrated in...
  8. P

    News Government Accountability Report on voting machines

    Released last friday: http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/GAOReport_ElectionSecurity_102105.pdf (don't be fooled by the link name, it's the real report.) This is being discussed all over the progressive websites. The GAO is non partisan, lending bipartisan support to concerns that (from the...
  9. Greg Bernhardt

    The Today Show’s Stages Flood Report

    Thought this was funny http://thepoliticalteen.net/2005/10/14/todayshow/
  10. bayan

    My Report on Experiment & Error Analysis

    This is my report on an experiment that I have done and I really needed the latex codes to generate the equations. I have done the other parts of the report on other PC. Do they seem to be ok? (the errors, like the max possible value and min possible value) no help is really needed, rather...
  11. Andre

    From Pooh’s first Assessment Report on Climate Change

    Summary for Intellectuals It’s a dedicated duty for mankind to preserve the habitability of the Earth for future generations. Earth- and environmental scienctists are the observers and analysts for policymakers to decide the best course of action. But the mysteries of Earth are exceptional...
  12. D

    Need a lil help 4 a lab report

    im having a little trouble with this part of my lab report, i think ill leave the details out, its just some math trouble. here is my equation for frequency v.s function of length so that f\propto L^{-\frac{1}{2}}: f=5.6*L^{-\frac{1}{2}} now the question is re-write this equation...
  13. J

    Confidence interval - Coop Report, Need Help

    Hi, I am an 3rd engineering student working on my coop report. My job was to design routes for survey work, and come up with figures of potential time savings if this was to be done on a grand scale. The sites are divided into 15 regions (by geography) but are not in any particular order...
  14. Galileo

    Adding Pictures to Reports: A Professional Approach

    I'm unsure on where to post this so I'll do it here. :smile: I`m writing a report and I want to add pictures to convey several ideas. Just asking generally, how do you usually make those pictures? Say a picture of an electrical circuit for the experimental setup, or a picture of a...
  15. L

    Ideas for Main Project (Written Report)

    Hi In december, I'll do my high-school final year project. As one of my key-subject is physics, I thought some of you perhaps had some ideas about themes etc. The high-school project is a written assignment/report on about 20-25 pages, so the preparation has to be tip top. Last year...
  16. P

    News US state department won't report on sharp rise in global terror

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042601623.html Why is it thought that aggression will lead to less terror? Particularly pre-emptive aggression? This is from a few months ago, and I don't know if it has been discussed already. I searched for relevant...
  17. Astronuc

    NASA Report of the NASA Science Definition Team for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

    Executive Summary more at - http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=12642 Report in pdf - http://ossim.hq.nasa.gov/jimo/JIMO_SDT_REPORT.pdf
  18. Ivan Seeking

    Measuring the reality of climate change: BBC report

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4566123.stm
  19. Ivan Seeking

    Alice Cooper Does Weather Report - Portland Surprises Viewer

    Okay, I was just on the phone with a customer while glancing at the local 12 o-clock news. I looked up and saw...oh, Alice Cooper doing the weather report... :uhh: ...WHAT! . I guess he was visiting Portland...dunno. I completely froze only to realize a few moments later that the customer was...
  20. Link

    Writing Lab Reports: Tips & Tricks for Perfection

    How do you write the ideal lab report? When I write one, I always mess up in some point :grumpy: For example, should you write a lab report in first person or third person perspective, past or current tense?
  21. S

    Good online report about wormholes?

    Simply by curiosity. I have readed a lot about worm holes indivulgative literature. Now i would like to read a bit of serious math about them. A preliminar research have given me various articles, but none goes to deep or it assumes some previous familiarity. It isn´t really...
  22. N

    APA Format for Psychology Annotated Bibliography

    I have to do an annotated bibliography for psychology and the professor wants it to be in APA format.I have no idea what APA format is.Can someone opoint me in the direction?
  23. C

    Writing a physics report about hydrochloricacid

    I am writing a physicsreport about hydrochloricacid, but I have a quick question, and I don't have time to ask my teacher so I hope you can help me. I am making hydrochloricacid from NaCl and NaHSO_4 , then I get HCl and Na_2 SO_4 , and when let the HCl get in contact with water it becomes...
  24. A

    Long report on timing oscillation. help

    long report on timing oscillation. help! i'd like to ask how do we write a long report on an experiment ( timing oscillation) pls help! the links of this experiment handout: http://hk.geocities.com/touchthetrace/time1.jpg http://hk.geocities.com/touchthetrace/time2.jpg i'd like to ask...
  25. Dissident Dan

    News Pentagon Report: Terror war seen hurting U.S. in Muslim world

    To me, the observations in the report are ridiculously obvious, but most people blindly follow leaders and their rhetoric. What is your take?
  26. E

    Book Report Help - Get Real Ideas Now

    :shy: Hmm i need some book reports do any of you have one you would like to share that's real pleasezz i need help :smile:
  27. T

    Should plagiarism be taken seriously in schools and universities?

    "...large chunks of No 10's supposedly authoritative report, "Iraq - its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation" had been lifted word for word from [& without reference to] this PhD thesis by Ibrahim al-Marashi" http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/02/week_1/07_dossier.html...
  28. S

    Solving Physics Lab Report Questions

    Hello, I have just finished what seems like an infinite amount of questions for this lab report. 2 of them I am just not sure how to proceed. Any help would be appreciated. Question 1: In a film projection apparatus, it is desired to produce pictures 12 ft wide on a screen 50 ft from the...
  29. Ivan Seeking

    Air Force report calls for $7.5M to study psychic teleportation

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20041105/tc_usatoday/airforcereportcallsfor75mtostudypsychicteleportation
  30. H

    Lab Report: Advanced Physics Honors Lab - Measuring G

    I was assigned to do a Lab report on an experiment we did in class.. this is for advanced physics honors.. I want to know if there's anything I should have that I don't .. or if something doesn't sound right?? Also .. could someone help with writing the Abstract?? THANKYOU! Abstract...
  31. S

    Infant Mortality Rate for Twins: AMA Report 1996

    Hi :smile: . I really need help with this problem. Results of a 1996 American Medical Association report about the infant mortality rate for twins carried for the full term of a normal pregnancy are shown below, broken down by the level of prenatal care the mother had received...
  32. P

    What are some practical applications of logarithmic functions in daily life?

    Can you think of a logarithmic function that you encounter in your work or in your personal life? I'm doing a report on this in school of how they can be helpful, and I really have no idea how they can be any use whatsoever. My teacher really didn't give us anything to go on. Actually just a...
  33. U

    Exploitation Report - A Fragment in Republic of Congo

    A report titled: Exploitation Report - A Fragment, Metal Recovered in the Republic of the Congo (http://www.nsa.gov/ufo/ufo00018.pdf) in the NSA UFO archives looks interesting, unfortuantly the report is of such poor quality its unreadable. Anybody got any other information sources on this ?
  34. Ivan Seeking

    My UFO Report: Flying Triangle Sighting

    Here is the UFO report that I filed about four years ago - a possible flying triangle. http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/012/S12605.html Note that on the same night, some off duty policeman reported a similar object. I never knew about this until I filed my report twenty years later. For a...
  35. marcus

    Baez week #207 is out (Dublin GR17 report)

    http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/week207.html
  36. Ivan Seeking

    Is Atlantis Real? Scientist Claims to Have Found Evidence in Southern Spain

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3766863.stm
  37. R

    Exploring Industrial Production of Compounds: A Research Report

    I´m doing a research for a report on industrial production of any compound, i say any, because we have to choose one compound and write a detailed production process and the equipment it´s needed to make that particular process happen, the thing is, me and my friends have done plenty of...
  38. S

    Confusing gases, help with lab report needed

    Hi all! This what I've done: First I pumped underpressure into a glass container, checked the manometer's reading and then weighed the container on two different scales. Then I opened the valve a bit, checked pressure and weighed the bottle etc. I did this 10 times. So what I've got is 10...
  39. N

    Report on either Diamagnetism or Paramagnetism

    I am doing an extra-credit report on either Diamagnetism or Paramagnetism, just wondering if any of you can give me any resources on either subject.
  40. marcus

    Online copy? Background Independent Quantum Gravity: a Status Report

    several recent papers have cited Ashtekar and Lewandowski "Background Independent quantum gravity: a status report" as in preparation or as a 2003 preprint not up on arxiv Does anyone know of a draft version online? I was reminded of their status report paper when I saw it as the...
  41. Tsu

    Bricklayer's Hilarious Accident Report

    TOO funny! I don't know how true this is, but I was CRACKING UP! (Rec'd via email) AUSTRALIAN BRICKLAYER REPORT Possibly the funniest story in a long while. This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the Australian equivalent of the Workers'...
  42. M

    ET Help: Global Warming:Pentagon Report

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1153530,00.html Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us · Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war · Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years · Threat to the world is greater than terrorism...
  43. M

    Report: Diet Doctor Atkins Was Obese

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=541&u=/ap/20040210/ap_on_he_me/atkins_medical_report_1&printer=1 Thank god! Hopefully this will start showing people the light on this horrible unrounded diet!
  44. Ivan Seeking

    News Kay eats crow. The war was a lie. Kay to quit with no report made.

    In the news tonight. Oh yes, no link between Iraq and terrorism. Whom shall we hold accountable for these lies? Hmmmmm.
  45. Ivan Seeking

    The COMETA report [in English]: Known as the definitive French study of UFOs

    If I find that there is a problem with the translation or other inaccuracies, I will delete the post or comment as needed. I have never seen the full report in English before now. http://www.ufoevidence.org/newsite/files/COMETA_part1.pdf...
  46. C

    Alien Abductions: A Report On the Roper Analysis Data

    Alien Abductions: A Report On the Roper Analysis Data by Geraldo Fuentes In the typical "alien abduction," the victim is paralyzed by some unknown force, taken to a small circular room, and then examined and probed by a number of large-eyed, gray skinned, hairless, short creatures. Tissues...
  47. S

    Can we reach the stars through interstellar space exploration?

    Hi Guys, I just joined. I would be interested in feedback to my just published 100 page iSETI report, "Reaching the Stars: Interstellar Space Exploration Technology Initiative (iSETI) Report", available for free from my website http://www.QuantumRisk.com/ the download link is...
  48. russ_watters

    News Early Recall Report: Davis Ousted, The Terminator Elected

    With 2% of precincts reporting at 11:22 ET, USA Today has called the recall in favor of ousting Davis and electing The Terminator (12% at 11:52ET for CNN). As hilarious as that is on its own, I'd like to see the projection blow up in their faces just like the 2000 election did.
  49. Ivan Seeking

    Report: Giant Arctic ice shelf breaks up: CNN

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/22/arctic.ice.reut/index.html
  50. Ivan Seeking

    Is this UFO report easily debunked?

    In light of recent events, I thought it appropriate to display a little of the filtering that I do when considering UFO claims. This is a good example of a report that I can completely reject at a glance. This does not mean that I reject this with absolute certainty, but unless something else...
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