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IMRD Worksheet

1. Write an introduction in which you briefly describe the goal of your project and your goal in this report. Give enough information to orient your reader to your situation/ project.

2. Write about the methods

• name the actions that you took in enough detail so that a reader could replicate the acts if necessary.
• use terms and details at a level approriate to the reader, but necessary for the subject.
• explain why you chose this strategy or actions.

3. Name the actual results of your actions. 

4. Tell about the significance of your actions.

• did you accomplish your goals?
• what will you do next, as a result of this project?
• how is this important?

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  Other things to consider:

• format of your report.
• audience analysis
• schedule for completing the report
• how will you prove your credibility.
• what type of visual aids to use.

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How will IMRD be evaluated

Introduction

What is the goal of the project?

What is the basic question that the writer answers?

Methods

Does the writer tell all steps or actions taken or followed to achieve the goal or answer the question? 

Is it clear why the writer took those steps or actions?

Results

Does this section present all the things that the writer found out? If there is visual aid, does it help you grasp the results quickly?

Discussion

Does the discussion answer the question or explain the success or failure in achieving the project's goal?

What are the implications of the results? Implications mean: 1) effects on various groups of people or their goals, or 2) perceptions about the item discussed in the report.

What new questions do your results cause?

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Taken from Riordan & Pauley, 2002 (Full reference)   

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