ENG 1006 Study Guide - Final Guide: Apa Style, Repurposing, Modern Language Association

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Sports, management, legal, health, communications, etc: research: primary & secondary, primary research: data gathering. Surveys & questionnaires: focus groups & meetings, secondary research: information gathering. Internet: using google, its not what you say, its how you frame the question: Ask the question just like you would ask a person. Some are more appropriate than other, depending on your. Cause & effect: what happened, what were the results, what needs to be done (typical: problem/solution business report) Chronological: event/action/procedure oriented where time sequence is significant (typical: workplace incident report) Comparison: info about 2 or more topics presented in side-by-side manner (typical: design proposals) Division: parts in relationship to a whole (typical: annual report section on corporate divisions) Classification: uses grouping as a basis for organizing info (typical: business zoning proposals: these can be viewed as critical techniques as well as being specific types of organization: General and specific: begins with overall, big picture ideas and then moves to specific examples.