
Chapter 08 - Researching and Writing Reports
14. Select an editorial, feature article, book chapter, or other relatively lengthy document
that has no headings. Write headings for it. (LO17)
15. Assume you are writing a report that summarizes a survey you have conducted. Write a
paragraph of the report using the present-time viewpoint; then write the paragraph
using the past-time viewpoint. The paragraph will be based on the following
information: (LO18)
Answers to the question about how students view the proposed Aid to Education Bill in this
survey and in a survey taken a year earlier (last year’s results are in parentheses):
16. List the advantages and disadvantages of each of these different media for writing
collaboratively. (LO19)
a. Face-to-face meetings
b. Email
c. Discussion board
d. Online writing tool (e.g., Google Drive)
e. Website (e.g., blog or wiki)
f. Live online interaction (e.g., chat or Skype)
a. Face-to-face meetings
Advantages: quick give-and-take, can read facial expressions, can have everyone present at once,
conducive to brainstorming
Disadvantages: can be inconvenient or even impossible to get everyone together; people can blurt
things out without thinking enough; hard to get writing done
b. Email
Advantages: can put things in writing; can send the message to everyone at once; easy to see if a new
contribution has been posted