How to make a lab report

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1、8HOWTOWRITEALABREPORT“…itwasinplain,unaffectedEnglish,suchasMr.Knightlyusedeventothewomanhewasinlovewith…”---Emma8.1INTRODUCTIONScienceisfundamentallyacommunalprocess,inwhichindividualscientistsdevelopideasandthenseekthroughthemediumofscientificjournalarticlestoconvincethescientificcommun

2、ityoftheirvalidity.Learninghowtocommunicateyourideaseffectivelyisthereforeacrucialskillforaworkingscientist(andisusefulinmanyothercallingsaswell).Consequently,youneedknowhowtodescribethesciencethatyoudoinawaythatconvinc-esthereaderthatyourworkisinterestingandshouldbetakenseriously.Youmayf

3、eelthatcom-paringyourlabworkandtheresultingreportto“real”sciencethatappearsinjournalsisabitpre-tentious,sincewe’reprobablynotgoingtohaveyoudomuchcutting-edgephysicsinanintroduc-torylaboratory.Thepurposeofthelabreports,though,isnotsomuchtoseeifyoudidbold,originalworkasitistogiveyoupractice

4、inwritingscientificreports,sothatyou'llbeabletodoitwellwhenyoudodoboldoriginalwork.Mostarticlesinscientificjournals(physicsjournals,atleast)followatleastapproximatelyastandardformat,whichlookssomethinglikethis:ABSTRACTI.INTRODUCTIONA.MotivationB.SummaryoftheexperimentII.THEORETICALBACKGRO

5、UNDIII.EXPERIMENTALDESIGNANDPROCEDUREA.DescriptionoftheapparatusB.DescriptionoftheexperimentalprocedureIV.ANALYSISA.MethodofanalysisB.PresentationofresultsC.DiscussionofresultsD.(Optional)SuggestionsforfutureimprovementsV.CONCLUSIONSA.SummaryoftheresultsB.Pertinenceoftheresultstothequesti

6、onsraisedintheintroductionThisformathasevolvedtoanswerthegeneralquestionsapotentialreaderwillask:Whatdidyoudo?(Procedure)Whydidyoudoit?(Introduction,Theoreticalbackground)Howdidyoudoit?(Procedure,Analysis)Whathappened?(Analysis,Conclusions)Theformatalsoprovidessomeshortcutsforbusy(orlazy)

7、people.Mostscientificprosetendstobefairlydense,andreadersliketofindoutinahurryifapaperisactuallyofinterestor8.HowtoWriteaLabReport56importancetothem.Theabstractsectionprovidesaconcisesummaryofthearticleanditsmostimportantresults,sothereaderonlyhastoreadafewsentences