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COM$203$ Analytical Report Assignment Instructions $1$ Assignment Purpose Prepare an analytical written business report following a systematic development process $($CLO#$2)$ Assignment Deliverable Note: This is an Individual Assignment $1)$ Prepare an Analytical Report to your professor that provides a summary of your research analysis of the video provided to you and your conclusions based on your research findings. a$)$ Use the COM$203$ Analytical Report Template $($PowerPoint$)$ for your Final Report, which is found in the Assignments tab on Blackboard. Analytical Report Assignment Process Steps $1)$ Watch the video provided to you by your professor. $2)$ In Class, we will Review$/$Confirm understanding of the Ted Talk. $3)$ Define the Purpose of your Analytical Report. $4)$ Define the Outcome you want to achieve from your Analytical Report. $5)$ Determine Who your Primary Audience for your Analytical Report is$.$ a$)$ Consider the extent to which your report might go to someone else. b$)$ What if it does? $6)$ Identify two $(2)$ of the claims made by the author$/$speaker and conduct web$-$based research to validate each. a$)$ You will need two $(2)$ sources for each claim that you research: i$)$ That means four $(4)$ sources in total. b$)$ Summarize by paraphrasing your research findings from each of your sources. i$)$ Paraphrasing means to express the meaning of something using different words, to achieve greater clarity. ii$)$ DO NOT use DIRECT QUOTES. c$)$ Validate the credibility of your research sources, using the $$Seneca$$ evaluation process. i$)$ This process is found with the Assignment on Blackboard. d$)$ Appropriately cite your research sources using the PowerPoint $$Hyperlink$$ process. $7)$ Draw a Conclusion from your research findings. a$)$ Ask yourself, $$to what extent are each of the author$$s$/$speaker$$s claims that you researched, reasonably accurate and true, based on what you found through your research? b$)$ To what extent do these claims then support the main argument? c$)$ Document your conclusions $8)$ Use your notes and outline to Compose your Analytical Report using the Analytical Report PowerPoint Template: a$)$ Use short, simple, bullet$-$point sentences. $9)$ Proofread, and edit as may be required, your Final Analytical Report and then submit using the Blackboard Submission Link provided. COM$203$ Analytical Report Assignment Instructions $2$ Definitions Argument: a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong. Claim: a statement or assertion that something is the case. Conclusion: a judgment or decision reached by reasoning. Credibility: the quality of being trusted and believed in$.$ Describe: give an account in words of $($someone or something$),$ including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events. Discuss: talk or write about $($a topic$)$ in detail, taking into account different ideas and opinions. Edit: prepare $($written material$)$ for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it$.$ Identify: establish or indicate who or what $($someone or something$).$ Outcome: the way a thing turns out; a consequence. Purpose: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. Summarize: give a brief statement of the main points of $($something$).$ Validate: check or prove the validity or accuracy of $($something$).$