Grading

Important University Policies

Class Time and Place

This page is the general description of the course and suggested expectations for both the student and the expectations of the teacher.

Detailed Report Outline

The following is the suggested report format for this course.

Title
Author
Group members
Date
Assignment name and number

Objective (or Introduction)

1. Problem statement. What you want to answer with this project.
2. Why is this problem important?
3. What you intend to accomplish?

Background

1. Review the work of others who have used the proposed project.
2. Review related approaches that are important to decisions you have made on this project.

Study Site

1. Describe the place including
• Name of area, additionally include  city, county, state, and country if necessary.
• It may be necessary to describe the site by using a legal description, UTM or Longitude-Latitude. system as appropriate.
• If appropriate, give directions to study site such as road names and distances.
• If relevant to study,  describe the physical environment, slope position (ridge back slope, toe slope, upland drain, flood plain), geology, soils, aspect, slope, proximity to water.

Methods

1. Describe the technique used and how it help you answer your stated problem. Start with the general concept and then move to more specific details.
2. Describe Sample type (systematic, random, stratified, the probability of sampling)
3. Describe the sample or plot layout.
4. Describe the sample or plot size and shape.
5. Describe data collection.
6. List variables and method of measurement.
7. Provide details necessary for others to understand your results (e.g. were weights fresh or dried or was there a minimum size).

Analysis techniques

1. List each analysis technique from simplest to most complicated.
2. Describe how that technique will help you answer your general problem.

Results

1. What were the results for each analysis?
• Tables and figures make this information easier to understand.
• Numbers in the text are difficult to find. Avoid this as the only method of presenting results if possible.
• The order of results discussed should correspond with the order of the techniques listed above.

Discussion

1. What is your interpretation of each result.
2. This should correspond with the techniques and results listed above.
3. This is the place to speculate on your results or explain special circumstances.

Conclusion

1. What does all this stuff mean?  This is the concise meaning of the project.
2. What should the reader remember from your work?
3. Remember that most reports are not read as prose.  The document is usually skimmed and then sections are read in detail when more information is required.

References

1. Cite others work used in this report in a style of your disciplines journals.
2. The citations for the text books or WWW page.
3. Check the style of citations in the journals used in the discipline.
4. Refer to American Physiological Association (APA) Style Manual or Chicago Manual of Style if necessary.