1. Report Writing and Documentation

For this chapter, we shall consider three types of reports, viz: Research reports, technical reports, and academic papers. 

We shall also look at the following: 

Structure and Formatting of a Technical Report

o   Preliminary pages: cover page, title page, declaration, certification, dedication, acknowledgements, abstract, table of contents, list of tables, list of figures, list of plates, abbreviations, glossaries and symbols.

o   Body of the Report: Introduction, Literature Review,  Materials and Methods/Research Methodology, Presentation of Data/Results, Discussion of Results, and Conclusion and Recommendations.

o   Back Matter: References, Appendices.