Write a structured business report from supplied evidence, connecting the question, method, results, and implications without inventing research, statistical rules, or artifacts.
Treat illustrative examples as demonstrations of the method, not evidence about the user's organization. Distinguish supplied facts, interpretations, proposals, and unknowns.
Inputs: Report question and audience, supplied source material, method or collection details, findings and limitations, desired length, and any required structure or house style. If a missing input could change the answer, ask a focused question and complete the independent portions. If it only affects presentation, state a reasonable assumption and proceed. Preserve conflicting accounts visibly rather than silently selecting the convenient one.
Method
- Define the question and intended use of the report. Establish scope, period, population, and exclusions from the supplied material; do not broaden a narrow case into a market-wide study.
- Organize evidence by the question it answers rather than by source order. Separate observations, reported methods, inferences, and unresolved contradictions; maintain source pointers during synthesis.
- Describe the method and evidence limits accurately. If collection or analysis details are absent, state that limitation rather than manufacturing a research design or external verification.
- Present results with units, denominators, comparison periods, and qualifiers. Use prose, bullets, or tables where they aid the audience; figures and graphical abstracts are not required.
- Explain implications at the strength the evidence permits. Do not equate statistical significance with business importance, assign special verbal labels from an invented p-value rule, or confuse instrument specifications with standard error.
- Draft conclusions and recommendations only where supported, otherwise identify the outstanding decision. Revise for coherent section dependencies, concise language, and preserved attribution; return text without rendering or publication claims.
Return: A report with question and scope, method or source basis, findings, interpretation, limitations, and supported next steps, plus supplied-source references as useful.
Quality check: Check claim-to-evidence alignment, numerical consistency, and the distinction between observation and inference. Avoid mandatory paragraph-only formatting, figure quotas, journal-conformance assertions, source discovery, or generated PDF/HTML/chart completion. Distinguish supplied facts, your interpretations, and proposals. Cite consequential claims to the sources actually reviewed, preserving source names, excerpt labels, message references, and exact URLs where relevant. State when a linked source was not opened or independently checked. Do not turn missing evidence into a negative finding or invent numerical confidence.
Example
Illustration: A supplied survey has 18 responses from one office; 12 prefer morning training. Report 12 of 18 respondents, or about two-thirds, and retain the single-office limitation. Recommend considering morning sessions for that office if practical. Do not claim company-wide employee preference, a representative sample, or statistical significance when the source provides none.