A lab report is a written explanation and analysis of an experiment. It’s necessary in all STEM related science classes, but for this class the scope was larger than what I was used to in other classes. This lab report assignment entailed that we do research outside of specific textbooks and had us cite them. A lab report does contain some persuasive elements but they are mostly used to fill the Abstract, Introduction, the conclusion and certain parts of he discussion.

1. The Abstract section is a summary of the lab report including the results and enough background to put the results in to context.
2. The Introduction section is the background information concerning the lab report and what is being tested .
3. The Materials section lists what is needed for the lab in question. But the list must specific as to make it easily replicable by anyone who reads the lab report.
4. The Methods section explains the procedure that the lab followed in extreme detail and is written exclusively in third person
5. The Results section holds a brief description of the results from the lab, swell as any graphs and tables that better visualize those finding.
6. The Discussion is the explanation and/or reasoning of the lab’s results. The Discussion will always address possible sources of error and how the findings should be interpreted and/or quantified.
7. The Conclusion summarizes the finding of the lab and puts them into context and puts emphasis on the point that the reader should walk away with
8. Th references are citations of the documents used for the research in the lab. Making sure the references are properly cited is a matter of credibility so not doing it properly looks bad on the writer.

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