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                     notes                   interested in that field. For example, if the subject of research is of general interest, then
                                             it becomes necessary to inform the people of the results. secondly, if some governmental
                                             or non-governmental action is dependent upon report, then it also gets pending until the
                                             preparation of the report. Thirdly, sometimes, government asks to research certain particular
                                             subject since it has to do certain related planning. To fulfil this objective, it is required to
                                             prepare report. fourthly, every person who has contributed in the survey-work by putting
                                             effort, money, opinion, help and time is naturally interested to know about the results of the
                                             survey. report is prepared towards their satisfaction as well. Apart from this, if the research
                                             is done for pursuing some degree or diploma, then the objective is not fulfilled unless a
                                             report is presented. for this also, a report is prepared. finally, the new facts derived from the
                                             research are so interesting that the researcher himself wants to present the results to others
                                             and derive some self-pride from that. All the above six objectives are met by preparing a
                                             well documented report of the research.
                                        4.   To Explain the Actual Conditions Involved—the objective of report is not only to represent
                                             the results but also to present them in such a detailed and scientific manner so that the
                                             realities of different aspects of research-subject are self-explanatory and the reader is able to
                                             clearly understand the actual conditions involved and the inter-relationships. the success
                                             of research lies not only in being able to understand the subject but also in making others
                                             understand the subject. towards this objective, the report is prepared in such a manner that
                                             people interested in the particular topic can benefit from reading it and can understand the
                                             new facts and social results from it.
                                        5.   test of Validity—Until a research report is prepared, it cannot be validated whether the study
                                             is experimentally verified and genuine. Only after validating the report, it can be decided
                                             that the results are derived from original and actual material or from predictive and doubtful
                                             information. The classified data and results from the report become a general subject after
                                             publication (if the report is not kept secret by government). therefore, if anyone doubts the
                                             correctness of the studies, then he/she can do research to verify and re-examine the results.
                                             This type of verification and re-examination either establishes the correctness of prior study
                                             or establishes the reputation of the science. Therefore, it is said that to be qualified to be
                                             validated and re-examined is one outstanding quality of scientific study. So, preparation of
                                             report also fulfils this objective.


                                      30.3   Problems of Preparing the Report

                                      Good and Hatt have rightly written, “ Clearly, it appears that writing a report is a simple work because
                                      it a mere description of the questions asked, the techniques used to derive answers to the questions
                                      and the results developed in the last form. But in reality, this work may be hardly simple.” in other
                                      words, preparing a research or survey report is not that simple as we may think it superficially. In
                                      reality, when the researches begins writing the report, he has to deal with various problems, a few of
                                      which are mentioned as follows-
                                        1.   problem of language—the biggest problem in preparing a report is the problem of
                                             language. the problem arises from the fact that if the language is made very simple, then
                                             the level of report is compromised and trivialness is reflected. But if the excessive use of
                                             scientific terms is made in order to raise the level of report, then it becomes very difficult
                                             and technical for most readers. in such scenario, it becomes problematic to determine the
                                             appropriate language for report because natural linguistic language degrades the level of
                                             the report while technical language restricts it from becoming popular. the real fact is that
                                             research is a complete phenomenon, wherein presentation of report is also included, and is
                                             itself a technical procedure which cannot be simplified after a certain defined level. It is not






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