Reading a ReportChecking a study before you act on it.MarketingQuestions to ask of any study.Method questionsWho was sampled, and howWhat was the response rateWhat exactly was asked, verbatimWhat was the base for each figureWho commissioned itReporting red flagsPercentages on very small basesNo question wording publishedCharts with truncated axesCorrelation described as causeOnly favourable findings shownA base size under about a hundred should be reported as a count, not apercentage. Percentages imply a precision that is absent.Reading a Reportlearnposters.com
Reading a Report — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Reading a Report poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Questions to ask of any study.

A base size under about a hundred should be reported as a count, not a percentage. Percentages imply a precision that is absent.

Questions about the Reading a Report poster

What’s on the Reading a Report poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Questions to ask of any study. Method questions: Who was sampled, and how, What was the response rate, What exactly…; Reporting red flags: Percentages on very small bases, No question wording published,…. A base size under about a hundred should be reported as a count, not a percentage. Percentages imply a precision that is absent.
Who is the Reading a Report poster for?
Reading a Report belongs to the Marketing section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning research can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Reading a Report poster?
Read the method before the findings. The method decides whether the findings mean anything. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Reading a Report belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Reading a Report?
Analytics & Research, Concept Testing and Customer Interviews sit alongside Reading a Report in the Marketing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Analytics & ResearchConcept TestingCustomer Interviews
Is the Reading a Report poster free to download and print?
Yes. Reading a Report downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Marketing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Reading a Report poster print at?
Reading a Report is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Reading a Report loses nothing.Printing guide

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