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    Discussion Format: Do Not Perform A Direct Copy Paste From The Sources, Example: Books and From The Internet

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    The document provides a discussion format for lab reports, suggesting they include: an introduction summarizing procedures without rewriting them; an explanation of relevant physics principles and how results demonstrated them using important data and uncertainty estimates; analysis of how independent variables affected dependents, including equations and variables; analysis of graph shapes and meanings of slopes and intercepts, referencing data or tables; sources of error consistent with results and suggestions for improving experiments focused on prominent errors. If there are multiple parts, later sections briefly introduce principles and results. The format concludes with a brief conclusion and answers to any questions, including cited sources for outside theory.

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    The document provides a discussion format for lab reports, suggesting they include: an introduction summarizing procedures without rewriting them; an explanation of relevant physics principles and how results demonstrated them using important data and uncertainty estimates; analysis of how independent variables affected dependents, including equations and variables; analysis of graph shapes and meanings of slopes and intercepts, referencing data or tables; sources of error consistent with results and suggestions for improving experiments focused on prominent errors. If there are multiple parts, later sections briefly introduce principles and results. The format concludes with a brief conclusion and answers to any questions, including cited sources for outside theory.

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    The document provides a discussion format for lab reports, suggesting they include: an introduction summarizing procedures without rewriting them; an explanation of relevant physics principles and how results demonstrated them using important data and uncertainty estimates; analysis of how independent variables affected dependents, including equations and variables; analysis of graph shapes and meanings of slopes and intercepts, referencing data or tables; sources of error consistent with results and suggestions for improving experiments focused on prominent errors. If there are multiple parts, later sections briefly introduce principles and results. The format concludes with a brief conclusion and answers to any questions, including cited sources for outside theory.

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    DISCUSSION FORMAT

    One to three sentences to introduce what had been done. The procedures is in the lab
    manual. So, do not rewrite the procedures. More than that is wasting your time and the lab
    instructors time.
    A brief explanation of the physics principle used in the experiment and later explains how
    the result demonstrated a physics principle. Use the important data and results (Table) to
    demonstrate the physic principle. Do not include all the list of each and every number on the
    data sheet. Note that final numerical values include an estimate of uncertainty (example:
    The average spring constant is XXXXX Nm-1).
    Explain how the independent variables affected the dependent variables, you may use
    equations provided and show the dependent/independent variables.
    Analysis of graph: shape of curve, for a straight line, the meaning of slope and intercept for
    your graph. You do not have to explain how they agree if you show the numbers or refer to a
    Table; but do not write that values agree without some reference.
    Sources of error are offered that are consistent with the experimental results. You may offer
    a suggestion for improving the experiment, but it must focus on the most prominent error and
    be consistent with the sources of errors. This is not a place to trash the experiment.

    If theres a part 2 in the experiment


    A brief introduction to part 2 and some simple explanations of the
    physics principle used in the experiment and how the result
    demonstrated a physics principle. Basically similar to the format
    above, but no need to repeat what you have already discussed.

    A brief conclusion.
    Answers to Questions (if any).
    You may include sources if you get the theory from somewhere else (do not perform a
    direct copy paste from the sources, example: books and from the internet).

    Sources:
    1. www.baylor.edu (2 July 2012)

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