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| Reports that involve routine operatins, compliance with regulations, and company policies adn procedures are classified as ___________ reports. | informational |
| Reports that provide data, analyses, conclusions, and recommendations are classified as _____________ reports. | analytical |
| Your boss want to know the results of your research findings immediatley. You should organize your report using the __________ pattern. | direct |
| Yahaira has a great idea for a new fund-raiser for the nonprofit orgainzation for which she works, but she is afraid her boss will be resistant to her idea. Yahaira's report should be written using the ____________ pattern. | indirect |
| For short, informal reports that stay within orgainizations, the _______ format with its TO, FROM, DATE, SUBJECT lines is appropriate. | memo |
| Lamont is writing a short six-page report to a client. He should use the _______ format and print his report on company letterhead. | letter |
| Formal reports should be written using ______ -person constuctions, rather than I, me, my, you, your, us and we. | third |
| To determine the best location for a new retail store is an example of a simple statement of _________. | purpose |
| An expanded statement of ________ includes the scope, significance, and limitations of the study. | purpose |
| The ______ of the study tells what issues or elements wil be investigated. | scope |
| Breaking the main problem to be investigated into smaller subproblems, issues, or possible solutions is called ___________. | factoring |
| Krista is developing her ______ plan, which will include a statement of the problem, a statement of purpose, a tentative outline of her report, her research strategy, and the work schedule. | work |
| Most research projects should begin with __________ data collection to locate information that someone else has gathered. | secondary |
| Yahoo!, Google, and AskJeeves are popular _________ engines or tools used to locate information on the Web. | search |
| To solve a company's specific current problems for which little secondary data exist, business researchers usually rely heavily on ________ data. | primary |
| _________ the words or ideas of another person in a report strengthens your argument, protects you, and instructs the reader. | Documenting |
| using the words or ideas of another person without properly acknowledging the source is called _____________. | plagiarism |
| Effective report writers ______________ an original passage by restating it in their own words and in their own style. | paraphrase |
| _________ use systematice columns and rows to clarify large quantities of data visually in a report or for an oral presentation. | Tables |
| _____ graphs help readers visualize a whole and the proportion of its components, or wedges. | Pie |
