Lab Report Format (general)

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Title
Describes report content concisely, adequately, appropriately
Author Name, Course Name, Date
Centered, Top o Pa!e
Abstract
"rie #ntroduction to the sub$ect
%tatement o the problem
&i!hli!hts o the results 'quantitati(e i possible)
The ma$or conclusion
%tands alone, is concise and clear
Intro!ction
Pro(ides necessary bac*!round inormation
Pro(ides a clear rationale or the +or*
%uccessully establishes the context 'concept,lab procedure) o
the lab
E-ecti(ely presents the ob$ecti(es and purpose o the lab
# there is a model or theory, describes the model and
assumptions
Instr!mentation "t#eor$
Describes the operation o the primary instruments 'as
speci.ed)/
Describes ho+ the transducer's) +or*
Describes ho+ the transducer si!nal's) is displayed and,or
recorded
Describes sources and ma!nitudes o instrumentation
uncertainty/
E%perimental &rogram"&roce!res
Completely describes the physical set0up/
1(er(ie+ o approach, acilities, (alidations and ran!e o
measurements
Describes +hat +as done 'does not !i(e instructions to the
reader)
Describes (ariables that +ill be controlled, chan!in! and
respondin!/
Gi(es enou!h details to allo+ or replication o procedure
2elationship to any analysis in #ntroduction clearly stated
Describes all equipment used and sources o uncertainty
Res!lts an 'isc!ssion
Presents data appropriately 'Fi!ures and,or Tables)
Cites .!ures and tables and discusses them in detail
Discusses the experimental data qualitati(ely 3 quantitati(ely
Compares and contrasts results appropriately
#nterprets the data and clearly states si!ni.cant .ndin!s
Discusses uncertainty calculations 'i speci.ed)
Fig!res an Tables o( Res!lts (inserte into t#e te%t at
t#e rig#t place)
Appropriate !raph ormats 'e/!/ column, 45, etc)
Data includes error bars or uncertainties 'i speci.ed)
Proper si6e !raphs and onts
Graphs are correctly ormatted, numbered, captioned, etc/
Tables are +ell dra+n and properly labeled
Fi!ures and tables are properly captioned
Concl!sions
%ummari6es +hat +as done'ob$ecti(e,procedure,analysis)
&i!hli!ht the main concepts learned
7ualitati(e conclusion
7uantitati(e conclusion