Chapter 9, Understanding the Report Process and Research Methods, Student Handout ACTIVITY 9.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF REPORTS CLASSIFYING BUSINESS REPORTS Working in teams of three or four, classify each of the following reports in one or more of the ways described in this chapter. What factors might limit or influence your findings? a. Your company's two-year study of traditional classroom training versus distance-learning instruction is to be written for publication in an industrial training journal. ]