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The underlined headings indicate the various sections of your lab report.

The points awarded for each section are shown on the right.

 

GRADING SHEET

 

Name: ____________________________

 

Title Page

Title of your report, your name, school, e-mail address and date.

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1

Abstract

Summarize what you did in your experiment

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Summarize your results

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Introduction

Statement of the issue being investigated

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Selected summary of previous work on this topic

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Purpose of YOUR experiment

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Significance of your PREDICTED results

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Method

Subject

Species, sex, age, housing, feeding, relevant history

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Apparatus

Describe all equipment concisely, such that another Investigator could replicate your setup

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Procedure

An orderly description of what you did, including what data was recorded

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Results

Describe your results in quantitative terms.

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Do not analyze your results in this section.
Statistical analysis with appropriate choice of descriptive and inferential statistics

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1 2 3 4
Correct description of these analyses, including appropriate working in APA format

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1 2 3 4

Figures and Tables

Correct labeling of figures, including x and y axes

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Good data plotting with labels of key graph points

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1

2

Correct reference to figures & tables within text

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Discussion

Analysis of your personal findings, including what the data appear to suggest, possible sources of error, and how your results relate to the field.. It is important to link your discussion with the theories mentioned in the introduction.

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A succinct summary statement of your conclusions.

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References

Cite references using APA format

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2

Appendix

Attach raw data, and any other relevant information.

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1

TOTAL POINTS (Out Of A Possible 50)