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6. Chapter 10 Summary

Read the scenario and answer the question that follows.

You are preparing a written report to recommend new payroll and accounting software for your company. You carefully researched each option according to the criteria established by the accounting and IT department employees. You will be delivering the report to the CFO and her management team. They are looking forward to reading your report. When you last met with them, they were pleased with your initial findings.

Which way should you organize your report?

Location

Criteria

Importance

Select the best response to the following question.

Which information should you include in the cover note of the report? Check all that apply.

Information on how to access and read the report

Your conclusions

A list of references

An analysis of your findings

Read the scenario and answer the question that follows.

Nina is preparing a research report for her supervisor. In one section of her analysis, she includes a direct quote from an expert in the field.

How does Nina need to document this information?

She should use a reference page citation that includes the author, the date, the journal name and issue number, and the publisher; all sources should be included in the reference page.

She should use an in-text footnote, endnote, or author-date format; all direct quotes need to be cited at the time they appear in the report.

She should insert a hyperlink next to the quote: all direct quotes should be linked to the original source to make it easy for the reader to find further information.

Select the best response to the following question.

When you are revising your written report, what should you revise for first?

Content

Correctness

Style