Your Task

Part of the Homework portion of your course grade

Complete a short quiz that asks you to decide whether each statement belongs in a proposal or in the recommendation report that comes later.

For most questions, you will read a statement and decide which stage it belongs to. The final question asks you to choose the statement that would be most appropriate in a proposal.

Review the From Proposal to Recommendation infographic before you begin.

Assignment Learning Objectives

After working on this assignment, you should be able to:

• Distinguish between an investigation proposed before evidence is gathered and a recommendation supported by completed analysis.
• Recognize language that appropriately describes what a proposal will investigate, examine, evaluate, assess, compare, or test.
• Recognize when a statement moves too quickly from noticing a possible problem to prescribing a solution.
• Apply this distinction when planning your own proposal and later recommendation report.

Success Tips

• Ask whether the evidence has been gathered yet. If not, the writer should usually describe an investigation rather than prescribe a specific change.
• Watch the verbs. Words such as investigate, examine, evaluate, assess, compare, and test usually fit a proposal. Words such as revise, add, remove, reorganize, and redesign often signal a recommendation.
• Do not rely on the verb alone. Read the whole statement and decide what the writer is actually asking to do.
• Use the feedback. If you miss a question, read the explanation before you try the quiz again.

No Use of AI

Do not use AI on this activity.

The goal is to practice making this distinction yourself so that you can apply it when you develop your own proposal.

How You’ll Be Graded

Canvas will grade the quiz automatically.

You can take the quiz as many times as you like. If you miss a question, review the feedback, think about why the other answer is a better fit, and try again.

Your goal is not simply to memorize the answers. Use the quiz to practice recognizing the difference between planning an investigation and recommending an action based on evidence.