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> > | There is no one template and style that fits all types of reports. This is a guide to writing better reports and developing your own style. Eventually the process of writing undergraduate laboratory and project reports is to be able to write a scientific or technical paper
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- Too large margins
- Heavy template for a short report (book style for a laboratory report)
- Wikipedia/web figures which are not accurate or important (better make your own)
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- Avoid words you do not understand the meaning of.... simpler is always better
- Be careful of technical words and understand their meaning
- Avoid irrelevant introductory material
- Concentrate on the set problem and try to do that as well as possible, don't expand until you are confident the main parts are complete
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- Don't start a new paragraph after every equation or figure (don't put a space)
- Define all symbols
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- Refer to all figures or pictures
- Be careful of text in equations {\rm text}
- Proper words in equations should not be in italic for example I_{max} compared with I_{\rm max}
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- Abstract (Short as possible)
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- Abstract (Short as possible, include results!)
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- What was measured?
- Why it was measured?
- How it was measured?
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- Measurement (Explanation of error/uncertainty determination)
- Data analysis (Typically propagation of errors)
- Explanation of the results
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- Summary and conclusion ( include final results)
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- What can be explained by the measurement?
- Problems with the measurement
- What can be done to extend the measurement?
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