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Checklist for Technical Report
- 1.
- Papersize shall be JIS A4 in the vertical position, unless otherwise specified. Letter size should be careful when hand writing.
- 2.
- Paper shall be bound left. Appropriate margins shall be laid on each edge.
- 3.
- Check necessary materials on the title page; title, author's name, date, position etc.
- 4.
- Title shall be concise, clear and succinct. It should contain keywords of the report.
- 5.
- All pages of the report shall be numbered consecutively.
- 6.
- Appropriate numbering and captions shall be laid for clauses, sub-clauses and sub-sub-clauses.
- 7.
- Tables and figures shall be numbered consecutively with appropriate captions. Line drawings shall be checked by another list.
- 8.
- Abstract, summary or similar short introduction is must, especially if table of contents is not laid for a short report.
- 9.
- Unless a report is short, a table of contents as well as a list of tables and figures are recommended for good comprehension to readers.
- 10.
- The core of report should be appropriately composed of, theory, method, results, discussion, etc.
- 11.
- List of references shall be made when they are cited in the report.
- 12.
- Copyright shall be acknowledged if figures and tables are copied from other publications.
- 13.
- Tables and figures should appear on the same page when they are first cited.
- 14.
- References shall be correctly cited and written in the right manner.
- 15.
- Carefully check the misuses of equations, misspelling and grammatical errors in text.
- 16.
- Carefully check the symbols, unit and values which should be summarized in tables.
- 17.
- The report shall be original, persuasive and beautifully constructed without falling into comical illustration.
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