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
- Title page
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Recommendations
- References
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Science report
- Title page
- Introduction
- Method & materials
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
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Business report
- Title page
- Executive summary
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- Appendices
- References
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Engineering report
- Title page
- Executive summary (optional)
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Analysis
- Discussion
- Recommendations & action plan
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
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Research report
- Title page
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Method / methodology
- Results / findings
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- Appendices
- Bibliography
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The research report
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