SAMPLE COVER MEMO:
MEMORANDUM
TO: Paul Murky & Major Error,
Directors
Murky
Research
FROM: ____________ [Your name
goes here!]
DATE: February 23, 2004
RE: Analysis of Web log file data
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This memo summarizes the results of my
analyses of the Web log files. The major findings are:
- The average length of time
is …(Remember the "hint" in the assignment.)
- The percentage of users
from each of the domains is …
- The percentage of users
clicking through to the advertising is …
- The busiest hour is …
- The usage varies by time
of day and has the following general pattern …
- The users that were most
likely to accept cookies were…. Those least likely to ….
- The users that were most
likely to click through to an ad were …. Those least likely to ….
- I concluded that the
banner add [was/was not] more attractive than the other adds because
…. (Say something about how often users clicked through to banner
ads versus each of the
other ads.)
In addition, I am providing the following
answers to the other questions you asked:
[Optional] Although you did not
request any other information, the data we collected permitted
additional analyses that may provide useful results. In
particular, I found ....
The key tables of the summary
statistics, frequency tables, and cross-tabulations that support this
memo are attached as an appendix..
File updated: 9
Feb 2004