Lecture 8
Laboratory Report
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Cover Page
• Course Title
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Experiment Number
• The Experiment Title
• By: (name of performer)
• The title and address of the performer
• The name of the supervisor
• Title and address of the supervisor
• Date: (month day, year)
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Example
C ircuit Theory I
Experiment number 1
Verification of Ohms
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Law
By
Ahmed Ali Sami Adel
Submitted to
Eng. Mohammed
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
Islamic University of Gaza
July 8, 2013
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Title
• Reflect the factual content with less than ten words in a straightforward manner
• Use keywords that researchers and search engines on the Internet will recognize
• Avoid abbreviations, and initials.

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The format of the report
AIMRAD
A bstract
I ntroduction
M ethods
R esults
A nalysis
D iscussion
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Conclusion
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Abstract (informative)
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• Methods
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Aims
Concise but informative
One or two sentences should be sufficient
Example :
To determine the relative molecular mass of an unknown dibasic acid
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Methods and Results
Explain in short the method or methods you used to get the results.
Write down your results

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Introduction
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A few paragraphs or a few pages.
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Includes:
Background
Theories, equations, and rules used in calculations
Brief about the work (hypotheses) and expectations
Remember to quote your sources (you should include a bibliography of your references after the conclusions section).

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Method
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Concise but sufficient for someone to repeat the work.
List materials used, how were they used.
Describe special pieces of equipment.

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Method - continue
 Use third person past tense
Example: A solution of barium chloride (0.05 mg in
100 cm 3) was prepared in water and titrated against silver nitrate.
 Avoid starting a sentence with a number
Example: 0.05 mg of barium chloride was mixed with
100 cm 3 water

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Results
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• Make sure that you divide tables by measurements units such that you write only number inside the table

Results: Avoid
Voltage
12.0 (V)
10.0 (V)
7.9 (V)
Current
2.0
1.7
1.3
Resistance
6.0
5.9
6.1
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Results: do not avoid
Voltage (V) Current (mA) Resistance (kΩ)
12.0
10.0
7.9
2.0
1.7
1.3
6.0
5.9
6.1
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Results - continue
• Title all figures and tables; include a legend explaining symbols, abbreviations, or special methods
• Number figures and tables separately and refer to them in the text by their number, i.e.
• Figure 1 shows that the activity....
• The activity decreases after five minutes (Figure 1)

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Analysis
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Calculations and graphing
Interpretation of results go into this section
Remember to layout your calculations clearly, showing each step

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Discussion
How relevant are your results ?
What errors are there ?
Did something go wrong ?
Try to be positive
Write your ideas to improve the experiment
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Conclusion
Did you meet the aims of the experiment ?
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Example: The relative molecular mass of the unknown was determined to be 146.5.
The conclusion should echo the Abstract and be as short as possible.

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References

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Guess What
Yes it is homework # 4
Write a lab experiment report for one of the lab you took
Due Next Wednesday 24/07/2013