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CC0006 Basics of Report Writing

Structure of a report (Site visit)

A site visit methodology may look like this: you visit a site for a limited period of time and gather information through your own experience or through the reported experiences of others in order to find the answer to your research question. In addition to observation, interviews can also be employed to gather information.

For example, a site visit to clean energy buildings and conduct an analysis of the associated technology / policy approaches. Add a section on the feasibility of more such buildings, compare it with other such buildings across the world, etc.

The report structure of a site visit based project is slightly different from that of a case study, literature review or survey.

Structure of a report for the site visit method is as follows.

  • Title page
  • Table of Contents
  • Summary / Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Information about the site(s)
  • Field Observations
  • Reflection of visit experience and Implication(s)
  • Discussion and Limitation(s) 
  • Conclusion and Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix (if necessary/any)

Please access Structure of a report (Case study, Literature review or Survey) to know more about other sections.

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