Defination of Report,types,purpose and criteria.

Report :-

Definition : A document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose.     OR    
A report is a specific form of writing that is organised around concisely identifying and examining issues, events, or findings that have happened in a physical sense, such as events that have occurred within an organisation, or findings from a research investigation.

Types :

1. Sales Report :

 A report describing how many goods or services were sold, and the reasons for any differences from the plan.

2. Site Report :

A report on what has happened in a place, and how close your organisation is to finishing construction.

3.Progress Report : 

 A report describing how close you are to completing something you planned.

4. Accident Report : 

A  report describing how someone was hurt or something was damaged.

Recommendation Report :  A report on what your organisation should do.

Purpose Of Report :

• To inform about a departments, company’s, or individual’s progress 
• To tell the facts of an event for future reference or management action .
• Help in decision making (e.g. performance reports, research reports) .
• Bring about new policies and procedures (e.g. internal reports, promotion policy reports) .
• Helps in organizational control, and taking corrective action, (e.g. activity reports) .

Criteria of writing Report :

2. Title page :      The TITLE PAGE identifies  >The full name of the project ,course ,principal author,group members,group number etc.
3.  Abstract :        The ABSTRACT is not a part of the body of the report itself. Rather, the abstract is a brief summary of the report contents that is often separately circulated so potential readers can decide whether to read the report
4. Introduction :       The INTRODUCTION should provide a clear statement of the problem posed by the project, and why the problem is of interest.the introduction also needs to present background information so that the reader can understand the significance of the problem.
5.  Materials and Methods :         The purpose of the MATERIALS AND METHODS section is to describe the materials, apparatus, and procedures used to carry out the measurements. Most importantly, the section needs to provide a clear presentation of how key measurements were obtained and how the measurements were analyzed. 
6.  Results :    The RESULTS section is dedicated to presenting the actual results (i.e. measured and calculated quantities), not to discussing their meaning or interpretation. The results should be summarized using appropriate Tables and Figures. 
7. Discussion :     The DISCUSSION interprets the results in light of the project's objectives. The most important goal of the DISCUSSION section is to interpret the results so that the reader is informed of the insight or answers that the results provide
8. Conclusions :         The CONCLUSIONS should summarize the central points made in the Discussion section, reinforcing for the reader the value and implications of the work.
9.  References :          The REFERENCES section should contain complete citations following standard form. The form of the citation depends on the type of source being referenced, and is different for whole books, chapters in books, and articles published in a journal.