Analytical Report

The minimum length is 2,000 words for the body of the report (not including the title
page, letter of transmittal, table of contents, abstract, references, and any appendices).
Again, please don’t feel overwhelmed as you have prepared much of this in your
previous assignments.
Please submit the analytical report in a text format, a MS Word format, or RTF
format. Do not submit in an HTML or a PDF format.
As you prepare and work toward the final product, please refer to the resources
posted under “Week 4>Analytical Report.”
What to do : Write and compile the culmination of the Project Package regarding the
“Ideal Class” you have been tasked to create. In the report, you should:
 describe a topic that you think is a problem situation or an opportunity needing
attention (i.e. regarding your “Ideal Class.”)
 describe, analyze, and evaluate your research findings
 draw conclusions and provide recommendations implementing this “Ideal Course”

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Here are the required components for the report:
 Title Page
 Letter of Transmittal
 Table of Contents
 Informative Abstract
 Body of Report (Note: Develop a meaningful heading structure for your audience in
the report. Do not use a generic heading of “Body” in your report.)
 References
Note: Make sure to direct your report to the audience described in your audience analysis
memo and not to your instructor.
Your report must
 Include at least one graphic in the text.
 Include a minimum of five sources including Internet resources.
 Identify sources within the text of your document and in a reference list at the end.
For all citations, use the American Psychological Association (APA) style guidelines.
A minimum of two of these sources should be from UMUC’s library databases and/or
E-Journals, or from credible government sources. Your other sources can include on-line or Internet sources, interviews, emails, books, articles from periodicals,
brochures, and so on. Use the APA style guidelines for your citations.
Grading Criteria
1. Contains 2,000 words in body.
2. Directed to audience specified in audience analysis/profile memo.
3. Is paginated correctly;
4. Presents a well-developed title page;
5. Includes a cordial, well-developed letter of transmittal.
6. Includes an informative abstract describing the key points of the report.
7. If appendices are included, they are clearly labeled and are referenced in the body of
the report.
8. Tailored to the audience;
9. Contains a thesis, or purpose, statement.
10. Presents information from the required number of sources, cites this information in
the text using in-text citations, and presents the sources in citations in a References
section at the end of the report.
11. Cites information following APA guidelines.
12. Presents a clear, convincing, and developed description of the problem and solution.
13. Supports ideas with credible information from research.
14. Describes and interprets findings.
15. Presents the conclusions drawn from the findings.
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16. Defines technical terms and phrases as needed.
17. Introduces and integrates into the text, any graphics used and cites any graphics from
other sources; Presents graphics that are not simply decorative but that support the
content of the report.
18. Chunks information appropriately; Is consistent in its design; Uses meaningful
headings as needed; Is logically organized with an introduction, body, and
conclusion.
19. Is coherent; Uses varied, effective sentence structure; Contains no sentence structure
problems.
20. Employs clear, concise, formal language appropriate for the readers; Contains no
grammatical or spelling errors.

Peer Review:

Before you submit your final report, please find another individual in this course to review
your work. This peer review will count as your “draft,” and is due preferably before the final
product in the Assignment folder marked, “Peer Review/Draft.” Turn in either your draft
with marks or the peer review sheet with checkmarks.

Total Points: 10 Points (Pass/Fail) for having yours looked at by another WRTG 393
classmate. If you do this, you’ll get 10 points. If you don’t turn anything in, you’ll get a 0.
If you cannot find a classmate, then, find another person with a similar background as yours
to review the report. If this case, you’ll get only 7 points. You get credit for having yours
reviewed, not for reviewing another’s. Therefore, please write the name of your reviewer
along with his/her remarks or the peer review checklist.

How to select a peer reviewer: After you are ready to have someone you, please go onto
the Discussion Board for Week 3 and announce: “My name is _____________ and I am
ready for a peer review.” Then, the next person who sees it should respond and say, “I’ll do
it.” Please exchange e-mails or connect via LEO and send the report to the other person. In
most cases, you would review theirs while they review yours. Please review by via “Track
Changes” in Microsoft Word.

Please see peer review sheet on the next page.

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Peer Review Sheet: Analytical Report.

Student/author’s name (person who wrote the report):

Peer reviewer’s name:

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Is the peer reviewer registered in this course?

Checklist:

Please read through the student author’s report and comment on the following:

1. Is the report’s audience clearly identified on the title page and letter of transmittal?
2. Is a purpose statement clearly stated in the report’s introduction?
3. Is the situation or problem that the author is investigating explained clearly and at an
appropriate level of detail? Why or why not?
4. Are the author’s proposed ideas for change or solution explained effectively? Why or
why not?
5. Are the author’s ideas supported with information from credible sources? Give an
example.
6. Is information from other sources cited in the text following APA guidelines for in-text citations? Are the sources cited in the References following APA guidelines?
7. Does the author draw conclusions?
8. Are the conclusions clear and specific? Why or why not?
9. If the author offers any recommendations, are the recommendations clear and
specific? Why or why not?
10. Has the author included at least one graphic in the report?
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11. Is the graphic integrated in the text of the report with a label (i.e., Table or Figure)
and title (e.g., Comparison of Products A, B and C), as well as introduced in the text
by the label?
12. Does the report have one level of headings or multiple levels of headings?
13. Does each heading level have a distinctive style?
14. Are the headings meaningful for the audience? Why or why not?
15. Is the report coherent? What coherent techniques has the author used to improve
coherence?
16. Does the author maintain focus on the report’s topic? Why or why not?
17. Does the author conclude the report effectively and conclusively? How?
18. Does the author include all of the required sections?
19. Is the report effective? Why or why not?
In your review, you can also look at the word choice, sentence structure, grammar, and
punctuation of the writing.
Your primary focus should be to review the draft report as the potential recipient of the report
and to provide specific feedback to the author to enable him/her to revise his/her report so it
is more meaningful, clear, complete, and effective.