what are the major characteristics of a good report?
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['Suitable Title. A suitable title has to be provided to each report according to the nature of contents. ... ', 'Simple. ... ', 'Promptness. ... ', 'Comparability. ... ', 'Consistency. ... ', 'Precise and Accurate. ... ', 'Relevant Information. ... ', 'Presented to Required Person or Group or Department.']
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['Informational Reports. You ask for this report when you want objective information on something. ... ', 'Analytical Report. This type of business report is usually required when a company is trying to make an important decision. ... ', 'Research Report. ... ', 'Explanatory Report. ... ', 'Progress Report. ... ', 'To Sum Up.']
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['Understandability. The information must be readily understandable to users of the financial statements. ... ', 'Relevance. ... ', 'Reliability. ... ', 'Comparability.']
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Relevance and reliability are the two primary qualities that make accounting information useful for decision making.
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['Quality –information is accurate and reliable.', 'Completeness –enough information to allow you to make a decision but not so much to confuse the issue.', 'Timeliness – information must reach the manager quick.', 'Relevance – different managers have different needs.']
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['Honesty.', 'Integrity.', 'Impartiality.', 'Objectivity.']
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['Honesty: Honestly report data, results, methods and procedures, and publication status. ... ', 'Objectivity: ... ', 'Integrity: ... ', 'Carefulness: ... ', 'Openness: ... ', 'Respect for Intellectual Property: ... ', 'Confidentiality: ... ', 'Responsible Publication:']
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The following is a brief description of five qualities of good writing: focus, development, unity, coherence, and correctness. The qualities described here are especially important for academic and expository writing.
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(b) The most important quality for accounting information is usefulness for decision making. Relevance and faithful representation are the primary qualities leading to this decision usefulness.
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Formal reports contain three major components. The front matter of a formal report includes a title page, cover letter, table of contents, table of illustrations, and an abstract or executive summary. The text of the report is its core and contains an introduction, discussion and recommendations, and conclusion.
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['Technical-background report. The background report is the hardest to define but the most commonly written. ... ', 'Instructions. ... ', 'Feasibility, recommendation, and evaluation reports. ... ', 'Primary research report. ... ', 'Technical specifications. ... ', 'Report-length proposal. ... ', 'Business prospectus.']
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['Be Relevant. The subject of your report should be timely and relevant to your field. ... ', 'Organize Logically. A report must be organized in a logical and formulaic format. ... ', 'Report Accurately. A report must be well researched and contain factual information. ... ', 'Summarize Succintly.']
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['Availability/accessibility. Information should be easy to obtain or access. ... ', 'Accuracy. Information needs to be accurate enough for the use to which it is going to be put. ... ', 'Reliability or objectivity. ... ', 'Relevance/appropriateness. ... ', 'Completeness. ... ', 'Level of detail/conciseness. ... ', 'Presentation. ... ', 'Timing.']
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['produces consistent scores over time.', 'correlates well with a parallel form.', 'measures what it purports to measure.', 'can be objectively scored.', 'has representative norms.']
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['Actionable: they display cause and affect.', 'Accessible: can be understood by everyone.', 'Auditable: we must ensure that the data is credible.']
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In accounting the qualitative characteristics include relevance, reliability, comparability, and consistency.
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['Data should be precise which means it should contain accurate information. ... ', 'Data should be relevant and according to the requirements of the user. ... ', 'Data should be consistent and reliable. ... ', 'Relevance of data is necessary in order for it to be of good quality and useful.']