8/19/2019 Tips to Write the Reports

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You can use the test results you have already got. The labs are the same, but you must

 put additional material in the report. In the lessons I did say that because of the IET

regulations and some changes to the marking system, that just handing in results and a

description would not be enough. Some people from the class have told me that they

remember me saying this, but they forgot to do it. So a uick reminder 

!"#nly a few people did any kind of statistical analysis, and you were told it should

 be done. $or e%ample only a few people even did Standard &eviation, and you were

specifically told to do this a number of times.

'"(any people didn)t read the lab sheets, or answer the uestions properly. Some

students didn)t even calculate the mass of the connecting rod. #nly * students

answered the uestion about why there is a voltage present on the hall effect device

even when there isn)t a magnet nearby....

+"The e%planation of the device. (ostly it was either a picture and a few words fromikipedia, or many students just cut and pasted information from my lecture notes.

&o a short, but detailed e%planation. If you put in pictures and diagrams, state where

its from, and e%plain it.

*"E%planation of the results. (ostly short, and very few people mentioned things like

sensitivity, range, or usual sensor parameters. -ardly anybody mentioned errors,

accuracy, repeatability....

"hat factors might have affected the results/ E.g. temperature, other ambient

conditions, measurement methods, people....

Please make sure the report included these things.

Objectives, Theory, Experimental Procedure, Apparatus, Setting up The

Experiment, Experiment Process, esults, !iscussion and Analysis,

"onclusion, e#erences, e#erences