Friday, September 13, 2013

Writing an Abstract

Summarizing the lab report

Summarize each major section of the lab report--Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion--in 1 sentence each (two if a section is complex). Then string the summaries together in a block paragraph in the order the sections come in the final report.
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You can think of the Abstract as a miniature version of the whole lab report. Read each section of the report and boil it down to a sentence. This means that you need to determine the most important information in each section.
  • Here are some suggestions for what to include in each sentence of the Abstract:
    • Introduction: research problem of the lab; hypothesis
    • Methods: a quick description of the procedure
    • Results: statement of the overall findings
    • Discussion: judgment about hypothesis; solution for problem
    • Conclusion: what you learned from doing the lab
  • Put all these sentences together into one paragraph with the heading "Abstract."

5 comments:

  1. Do we post our paragraph on the blog or bring a hard copy into class?

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  2. It is still a work in progress. In order to complete it you still need your final results. Most likely due on Tue.

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  3. Are we supposed to talk from our own perspective (using I) or the class as a whole (using we)? Also, will we be turning this in as we walk in the door on Wednesday? Or finishing it during class?
    -Kevin Meglathery

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  4. Its a tad late to ask, but does anyone know whether or not we can/should make a procedure page with all our math?

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