Chapter 9 Vocabulary

What are trip reports?

• Tells supervisors and coworkers how a vacation was

• Lets your supervisor know when you will be taking time off

• Tells supervisors and coworkers what was gained from a business trip

• Lets the company know when a customer is trippin

Conclusion

• Goes beyond what happened and requires the researcher to interpret data and draw an inference

• The end of the story

• Your last paragraph in an essay

• None of the above

Forensic Reports

• When you collect evidence from a crime scene

• A machine that scans your thumb print

• A report of forensics

• Investigative reports that analyze evidence for legal purposes

Incident Reports

• Accident reports that describe unusual occurrences

• A report that MUST be drawn up when two people run into each other at work

• A write up when you fall asleep on the job

• A report of customer complaints

Deductive Reasoning

• When you combine two chemicals

• To guess what happened

• Reasoning from a general conclusion

• None of the above

Scientific Method

• The report of what happened

• To describe observable results

• The structure of science reports

• The steps you take to draw up a report

Passive Voice

• To talk in the past

• When the narrator does not care about what is happening

• To write excitedly

• Focuses on the process and keeps reports objective when describing procedures

Result

• A numerical value of data

• What happened

• The affects of drama

• The final grade of all your hard work

Objectivity

• To describe your feelings

• The object of the story

• The topic of your paper

• To describe results without bias or emotions influence your observations