Sample report structures
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Reports from different areas and industries vary in their structure. This page features some examples of common report structures.
The highlighted headings and subheadings show some of the differences between reports in different fields of practice or for different purposes.
Short report
- Title page
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Recommendations
- References
Business report
- Title page
- Executive summary
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Findings or observations
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- Appendices
- References
Science report
- Title page
- Introduction
- Aims/objectives
- Method
- Materials
- Participants (for psychology or biological/sports sciences)
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
Engineering report
- Title page
- Executive summary (optional)
- Introduction
- Aim/objectives
- Results
- Analysis
- Discussion
- Recommendations & action plan
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
Research/project report
- Title page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method/methodology
- Results/findings
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- Appendices
- Bibliography
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