tailieunhanh - English for personal assistants - part 14

Tham khảo tài liệu 'english for personal assistants - part 14', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Reports 65 Collecting information Information gathered can be of two types primary and secondary. Primary is information you collected and recorded yourself. Secondary is collected and recorded by others it s secondhand. Task 9 Put the sources of information into the appropriate column. questionnaires pamphlets experiments journals surveys newsapers books Internet observations reports raw data magazines. Primary information Secondary information Warning Both types of information should be used with caution because Primary information could be inaccurate or biased. Secondary information could be inaccurate biased and out-of-date. Analyse the information The purpose of analysing the information is to make sense objecively out of the information you have collected. You must first ensure that the information is free from any personal bias. Information is then compared and contrasted in order to find new ideas or the best ideas. Separate facts and figures need to be interpreted by explaining what they mean and what significance they have. Determine the solution First make sure that a solution is requested. This may not always be the case. The purpose of the report may be to present the facts for someone else to determine the best solution. If you have been asked to provide a solution you should be able to do so based on an anlysis of the information. 66 Proposals and reports Organising the report You re now at the last step of creating a report which was identified in Task 7. Before actually writing the report work on an outline plan. In order to do this note down the major ideas supporting ideas and details. Then eliminate the irrelevant material you ve collected. You ll then have a basic structure for the report. Task 10 Imagine you have been asked to write a report by the Head of Training. He would like you to find out training needs and available courses. Make notes in the skeleton outline below. To . From . Date . Subject . Purpose of the report. Background. .