INFORMAL REPORTS

2 SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

3 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  School in such courses as science, engineering, psychology  Technical Communication in such organizations as hospitals, engineering firms, computer companies

4 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  VARY in format from company to company from Tech. Comm. instructor to TC instructor perhaps more than any other type of Informal Report * Check Your Organization’s Preferred Format! *

5 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  description of work done in the laboratory  internal or external  simple or complicated

6 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  Topics = purpose of the work equipment problems results implications

7 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  a Lab Report can be submitted as – its own free-standing report part of a larger report  that uses Lab Work as supporting detail

8 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  ABC Format Abstract  purpose of writing  summary of results

9 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  ABC Format Body  purpose or hypothesis of lab work  equipment needed

10 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E ) LAB REPORTS  ABC Format Body  procedures or methods used in lab test  THUS writers rely heavily upon the Process-Analysis pattern of organization

11 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  ABC Format Body  unusual problems or occurrences  results of the test with reference to your expectations results may appear in the Conclusion, instead

12 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES E) LAB REPORTS  ABC Format Conclusion  statement or restatement of main results  implications of lab test for further work