Writing Lab Reports - Discovering Statistics

Prof. Andy Field, 2016 Page 1 Writing Up Research This following provides a brief overview of the structure and content of various elements in a laboratory report, based on APA guidelines. The APA publication manual should be referred to for more detail (American Pyschological Association, 2010). The purpose of a lab report is to communicate research in a clear, systematic and standardised way. Primarily, a lab report should communicate the following things: Why did I bother? Why did I do this research and why is it an interesting contribution to science? How did I do it? How did I carry out this research (this should be detailed enough so that the study could be replicated precisely)? What did I find? What were the results of your study?

publication manual. “A title should summarize the main idea of the manuscript simply and with style. It should be a concise statement of the main topic and should identify the variables or theoretical issues under investigation.” Abstract What is the study all about (in no more than about 150 -250 words). Abstracts provide a reader with the ...

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