Use the following questions as a guide to your critique.  Assess the work based on this guide, and write a brief response on the back of the last page.  If the work did not provide a satisfactory answer to the questions in the first section below, be sure to tell your partner about it on their paper.  Mark any grammatical mistakes or stylistic vagaries.

(These questions are taken from the Online supplement to the Markel textbook.)
 

Be sure the report answers the following questions:

     What is the purpose of the report?

     What are the main points covered in the report?

     What were the problems leading to the decision to perform the procedure?

     What methods were used?

     What were the results?

     What do the results mean?

     What should be done next?
 
 

    Does the introduction
          explain the subject of the report?
          explain the purpose of the report?
          explain the background of the report?
          describe your sources of information?
          indicate the scope of the report?
          briefly summarize the most significant findings of the project?
          briefly summarize your recommendations?
          explain the organization of the report?
          define key terms used in the report?

   Does the methods section describe your methods in sufficient detail? Have you justified
     your methods where necessary, explaining, for instance, why you chose one method over
     another?

  Are the results presented
          clearly?
          objectively?
          without interpretation?

   Are the conclusions
          presented clearly?
          drawn logically from the results?

  Are the recommendations
          clear?
          objective?
          polite?
          in an appropriate form (list or paragraph)?
          in an appropriate location?