Writing Technical Report_2010.pdf

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Prof.MadyaDrNurinaAnuarabatan

Ke uruteraan

Kimia

&

Proses

[email protected]


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WhatisaTechnicalReport

A

structured

presentation

of

data

@

information

gatheredfrom

Experiment

Investigation

Usuallypreparedforaselectedgroupofaudience


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Conceptuallydivide into3majorpart:

Problemtobeinvestigated

Methods

of

investigation

Resultsofinvestigation

Thistype

of

report

usually

follow

abasic

framework

orsc ema

Introduction

ResultsandConclusion


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Scientific method of Technical report shema

Recognition of problems, Introduction

hypotheses & objectives

Method

process of experimentResults

Contents

Data analysis

Conclusion


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resent ng

n ormat onus ng

report

ormat

S stematicandor anised mannertofacilitate our

reader

Toreportselectively

:relevant

to

the

purpose

of

report

:s ou reporton y n ormat ont at sessent a:relevanttothereadersneed


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Presenting

information

using

report

format Topresenteffectively

: structuredreportthatyourreaderisabletolocate,

supportingdetails

in

the

shortest

possible

time

: canbeachievedbymakinguseof Headingsandsubheadings

Numberingandbullets

Referencesin arantheses,

Eg.Therearethreestagesinthisprocess(seeFigure2) Emphaticdevices, (e.g.italising,underlining)


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Presentin

informationusin

re ort

format

Toreportobjectively

: re ort resentationisbasedonfactsthewriterhas

established

after

an

investigation

and/or

experimentation.

: Readerswillmakedecisionbasedonthisfactsand

takeaction

xact w t out stort onorexaggerat on

Objective measurablebysomeobjectivestandard

Reliable methodofcollectinginformationmustbe

accounte

or.


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1. Prefatory

Gives

preview

of

its

content Usuallycomprisesoffollowingelements

Title(cover)page

Abstract c now e gements opt ona

Tableofcontents

Listoffigures

Listof

tables

Listofabbreviationandsymbols


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Title(coverpage)Firstim ression oumakeonthe

readersTitleofre ort:shouldbeinformative

&precise

Authorsname

NameofDept/organisation

N m f r Pr r mm

Dateofsubmission


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Abstract

Acondense

version

of

the

reports

S ortoverviewo t escienti ic

investigationpresented

in

the

report

Shouldbewrittenincomprehensive&concisemanner


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Tableof

Contents

: Tellsthereaderswhatthereportcontains&wheretofindtheinformationneededbynumbering

the

page Headingandsubheadings

xamp e

1 FIRSTLEVELHEADING

.

1.2 Secondlevelheading

1.2.1Thirdlevelheadin


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ComponentsofaFormalTechnicalReport

2. a n:a ou eresearc s u yun er a en Comprises

of

Introduction

Literaturereview(theory)

Methods

(experimental

procedure/mtd.

Of

calculation testin andevaluation

Results(andDiscussion)

Conclusion

Supplementaryelements


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omponentso

a

orma

ec .

eport3. Supplementary:madeof3elements

e erences ograp y op ona

Listscontains

source

of

data/information

from

which

thewritertakesoriginalideasandquotesdirectly

Appendices

Contains

related

data

not

necessary

to

the

immediate

eg: illustration(tables,graphs)

descriptionofequipment

sampleforms,

questionnaires,

data

sheet

etc.


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References/Bibliography

Thereare

many

styles

can

be

used

InUKM,weneedtorefer/usedGAYAUKMGeneralguidelines

Authorsname

in

full

Yearofpublication

Titleofthebook/journal/article/magazines

u s ers p aceo

pu ca on Volumenumber/pages(esp.forjournalarticle)


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Itsamediumforpresentation&conveysthe

attitudeofthewriter

Needsskill

(arranging

materials

&

writing)

Useofim ersonalsentenceconstruction(avoidusingI,we,us)

Ideas

are

expressed

with

athird

person

subject

eg.

Change: IfoundtheangleofincidenceofwindvariesinTestS.

To: ThefindingsindicatethattheangleofincidenceofwindvariesinTestS


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References, . ., , ., , . ., ,

M.K.

2003.

Engineering

your

report

from

start

tofinish.Sin a ore:PrenticeHall.

A t l

th r

LakshmyAnanthaKrishnan,RowenaJong,Su ataS.Kath alia TamMohKim. 200 .

Engineeringyour

report

from

start

to

finish.

Singapore:PrenticeHall.

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