The Technical Report
Technical reports come in many different formats. For a passing grade, follow the technical report format presented here.
Your paper must include a graphic--a table, a chart, a picture that helps readers to understand better the thesis of your paper.
For example, a diagram of the skeletal structure of a horse, properly labeled, and referenced and explained in the paper itself, might help a reader better understand chiropractic manipulation on horses.
A picture of a smiling horse will not help readers to understand this idea better. Therefore, a picture of a smiling horse will not count as a graphic in your technical report.
You will address the graphic in the text of your paper before you present the reader with the graphic. It will be properly labeled, as we learned in our graphics chapter. If you got the graphic OR the information to create the graphic from a source other than your own head, it must be cited properly in the text and documented on your works cited, references, or bibliography page. No graphic, - 2 letter grades.