The ideal length of a recommendation memo is:

Answer

One to two pages, with the calculations in an appendix

Options - A. As long as the analysis needs — length is not a rubric line and is not marked - B. One paragraph — the recommendation only - C. One to two pages, with the calculations in an appendix - D. Five pages at minimum, to show the work behind every score in the matrix Why - A. Length is a rubric line. What does not fit in two pages is moved to an appendix, not kept in the body. - B. A paragraph has no analysis by criteria and no next steps — two of the four moves missing. - C. Correct — Smith 4.6 and the AFM 111 rubric: one to two pages, 11–12 point, headings, a table for the matrix, the working in an appendix the text points to. - D. Showing the work means an appendix, not a longer memo. Three pages of narrative is the pitfall the concept map names.

Smith 4.6, 7.2.2 (the sample memo’s action list); concept map K07, K11