INTERPRETATION AND REPORT WRITING
SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING
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Question
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Which of the following examples do you think best illustrates the concise language you should use in a lab report?
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The plants exposed to full sunlight showed amazing amounts of growth after a couple weeks.
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The entire lab group laughed when the water spilled out of the test tube.
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The plants exposed to full sunlight grew an average of 3 cm in 14 days, while the plants left indoors grew only 0.5 cm on average.
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The plants grew.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -So instead of writing “we determined the coefficient of friction to be 0.31, ‘’ one would write “the coefficient of friction was determined to be 0.31.” Pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘we’ should never be used in lab reports. And since lab reports are written after an experiment, the past tense should be used.
Detailed explanation-2: -Discussion section This is where you interpret your findings, evaluate your hypotheses or research questions, discuss unexpected results, and tie your findings to the previous literature (discussed first in your literature review). Your discussion section should move from specific to general.
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