WRITE AN ANALYTICAL REPORT: Relative merits report comparing three

Assume that your employer has asked you to replace a tool or piece of equipment that is used regularly by the company. Select a tool or piece of equipment that is commonly used in your industry and that has at least three versions available. These could be versions from the same manufacturer or competitors’ versions.
Your job is to find several versions of this item, and compare them on a number of criteria in order to determine which the company should purchase. Before you buy the replacement, you must submit a report that details your findings and recommends one particular item to purchase.
One of the objectives of this assignment is that you learn about data resources that are useful to your industry, which is why it is important to write a report on tools and equipment that are specific to your industry rather than on common household items. If you have difficulty finding appropriate objects to compare, consult with the instructor.
Include the following in your report:
• A formal, expanded definition of the object you have chosen to research
• At least one graphic showing the object you are researching
• A properly formatted and analyzed data table
• An introduction that declares the purpose of the report and maps its contents
• Body sections that use appropriate headings, topic sentences and direct paragraph structure
• A conclusion that summarizes the findings of the report and makes a recommendation
• An IEEE-style reference list with standard IEEE in-text citations throughout the report
Your report must also conform to the following requirements:
• Use all relevant technical writing techniques, including headings and subheadings, lists, tables, illustrations and paragraphs.
• Use standard report formatting conventions, such as a cover page, a table of contents, page headers and footers.
• Use reliable, accurate and sophisticated sources for your data.
• Include a title page and table of contents. Do not use memo format.
• Body font needs to be 11 or 12 points.
• Use double or 1.5 spacing.
• The content of your report (not including title page, table of contents, and references) needs to be 3-5 pages.
• Reports that have more than 5 pages of content in the body of the report will not be marked and will receive 0.
• All information needs to be referenced using IEEE format. This includes in-text references and your references page.
• If you do not include references in IEEE format, your report will be considered plagiarized and will receive a mark of 0. Please refer to the SAIT library website for assistance with IEEE format: http://libguides.sait.ca/ieee.