Reports and Proposals

1.

• Informational reports: offer data, facts, feedback, and other types of information without analysis or recommendations.
• Analytical reports: offer both information and analysis, and they can also indicate recommendations.
• Proposals: offer structured persuasion for internal or external audiences.

2. Primary research contains information that you gather specifically for a new research project, secondary research contains information that others have gathered (and published in many cases).

3. Reliable: would produce identical results if repeated.

Valid: measures what it's supposed to measure.

4. A conclusion is a logical interpretation of facts and other information. A recommendation suggests what to do about the information.

5. An RFP is used to include instructions that specify exactly the type of work to be performed or products to be delivered along with budgets, deadlines, and other requirements.