Analytical Report Assignment
Optional assignment for those who completed the Proposal Assignment by November 19.
Access the Analytical Report Sample on Blackboard (which you may have already downloaded) entitled:
A Comparative Analysis of Two University Student Chairs Proposed for The University of Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Campus
Respond to the following questions about this analytical report:
- Of the six possible analytical approaches, what approach does this analytical report use?
- How could you change the title to make it a causal analysis related to a chair or chairs? (Hint: You need to change more than just a word or two.)
- How could you change the title to make it an effects analysis related to a chair or chairs? (Hint: You need to change more than just a word or two.)
- Why is this analytical report being written? (Hint: See the introduction.) What causes all analytical reports to be written?
- What is the fundamental purpose of writing this report?
- If this were a causal analysis, what would the fundamental purpose be?
- If this were an effects analysis, what would the fundamental purpose be?
- What do all analytical reports end with? Why?
- What methods of obtaining information were used in this report?
- What methods of obtaining information were not used?
- What does the Collected Data section describe? Give at least two examples.
- What is the difference between findings and interpretation of findings? Give one example.
- What is the difference between findings and conclusions? Give one example.
- Describe some ways in which information is presented visually.
- Give an example of the type of appendix that might be part of this report. What is different about the information contained in the appendix?
- How would this report be useful? What factor makes analytical reports useful?