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Checklist

• Follow my instructor’s guidelines for the lab report
• Establish my audience clearly
• Choose a clear and appropriate title
• State and answer the main question presented by the lab
• Describe the experiment in enough detail to be replicated – exactly
• Document all aspects of the experiment that might have influenced results
• List all procedures specifically
• Record all measurements with proper units
• Show any required calculations
• Summarize gathered data effectively
• Organize data into tables, graphs and illustrations (when necessary)
• Assign titles to all tables, graphs and illustrations
• Number equations, tables, graphs and illustrations separately and consecutively
• Use the past tense when describing methods and results
• Use the present tense when stating my conclusions
• Include endnotes, rather than footnotes, for clarification
• Cite all references in uniform documentation style

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