Writing Scientific Laboratory Reports

Science requires public presentation.

Writing Lab Reports will help you in many future career situations

DR. “K”

• Interest

• Education

• Knowledge

• Language

• gender

Idiom, expressions, slang, use of ambigous language

• Be clear and concrete…

• Use proper grammar and avoid misspellings

• Avoid ambiguity– “Easy as pie”– Words with multiple definitions– Slang…etc

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• Rumors or gossip can be harmful or helpful. Whether or not there is truth in the information circulated often does not stop it from being spread. It seems that if it is harmful to a person or persons is sometimes not of importance to the participants (Clarke, Edmund Jr. July 2003), Lachnit (July 2001), and Training and Development (July 1994). However at some time or another most of us have participated in gossip. Moreover, we are aware that gossip can have an effect on how we react to a person. It is therefore conceivable to observe how malicious gossip could stop us from helping others, a prime example is ones unwillingness to help a homeless person standing at the road with a sign. I have actually heard people say “ the only thing that he is going to do with it is get drunk.” Well, we actually do not know that, but because we are told that many of us do not help.

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• Examining the Interpretation of Eye Contact in a University Setting•  • The initial stages of romantic attraction develop from a

number of contributing factors. Many believe that physical appearance is the first step in the development of a romantic attraction. According to psychologist Pamela C. Regan, men and women are most attracted to romantic partners who possess high levels of sex appeal, which primarily consists of an attractive physical appearance (Regan, 2004). This theory is also evident in a study conducted by Maner, Gailliot, and Rouby which emphasized how “strongly, quickly, and automatically we are attuned to attractive people” (Maner, Gailliot and Rouby, 2007).

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• Most people are influenced by deception on numerous occasions during their lifetime. They take on the role of the deceiver, the deceived, or unfortunately, in many cases, individuals occupy both roles frequently. Since deception appears to be such a commonly occurring phenomena phenomenon, it would seem like a very important topic of research.

• One of the first questions that might be asked is (start this paragraph here) What exactly is deception.? Some researchers define it as intentionally trying to mislead someone or making oneself appear more desirable than one really is (Rowatt et al., 1998). Others, however, may have slightly different definitions. Regardless of which definition a person uses, deception can range from being trivial (the white lie) to being very complex (infidelity). Whether an individual lies to his or her partner about a new hairstyle or is involved in a secret affair, that person is still engaging in a form of deception.

Don’t forget Title and Abstract too!

Title cont’

• Nature of study-variables studied and approach

• Subjects?

• Results?

• Fancy titles?

• Examining the Interpretation of Eye Contact in a University Setting

• The Effects of Eye Contact and Facial Expression on Impression Formation in a University Setting.

Very important because…

The inverted pyramid approach

• Introduce General topic issues

• Tie them together

• Problem formation

• Specific goal or hypothesis to be tested

• Reference all ideas presented…more later

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• Figure 2: The figure above shows a trend (p < 0.06) for subjects in cued (coffee) and caffeine conditions to perform better than the subjects who received caffeine in the non-cued (capsule) form on the MRT of visuo-spatial ability. The histograms reflect mean scores for each condition with SEM error bars.

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SN Caff. Score Body Weight Smoker Age SAT score Gender Dose

1 10 143 1 18 1190 Female 2

2 6 137 2 18 1200 Female 2

3 9 125 2 20 990 Female 3

4 8 139 0 20 1050 Female 1

5 7 0 21 1140 Male 0

6 5 136 0 22 Female 2

7 6 120 4 20 1090 Female 3

8 10 159 4 21 1220 Female 1

9 6 180 0 24 Male 1

10 6 0 21 1170 Female 2

11 7 160 0 20 1080 Female 2

12 9 173 0 18 1060 Female 0

13 6 156 0 19 1080 Female 3

14 7 152 0 18 24ACT Male 3

15 9 170 0 18 1110 Male 2

16 9 183 0 19 1210 Male 0

17 11 169 3 21 Male 2

17a 5 0 18 1000 Male 1

18 6 216 0 18 1000 Male 1

19 9 196 0 18 1290 Male 2

20 10 176 0 18 1100 Female 1

21 6 106 0 18 1000 Female 3

22 8 146 0 22 Female 0

23 9 158 0 19 980 Male 0

24 11 180 4 19 1050 Male 0

25 5 175 2 19 1200 Male 3

26 9 149 0 18 1100 Male 3

27 6 146 4 18 1350 Male 3

28 5 176 0 18 1060 Male 1

29 5 118 0 18 1410 Female 2

30 8 159 0 18 1270 Female 3

31 6 129 0 18 1100 Female 1

32 7 134 0 20 1110 Male 0

33 8 143 0 19 1000 Male 3

34 8 181 0 19 1070 Male 2

35 5 166 3 19 1080 Male 2

36 10 179 4 19 1020 Male 1

37 8 174 0 19 1160 Female 1

38 5 136 4 19 1170 Male 1

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40 4 115 0 18 1160 Female 0

42 9 138 0 19 1110 Female 0

44 7 132 3 18 1030 Female 0

47 6 125 3 19 1100 Female 0

48 9 152 4 23 1290 Male 3

49 6 214 4 21 1210 Female 3

SN Caff. Score Body Weight Smoker Age SAT score Gender Dose

50 5 127 0 20 980 Female 1

51 9 111 0 21 1270 Female 2

52 8 163 3 21 1010 Male 1

53 6 131 4 24 Male 2

54 9 109 0 20 1050 Female 0

55 6 123 0 20 1090 Female 2

56 10 156 0 18 1240 Male 2

57 9 175 0 18 1100 Male 1

58 6 148 0 20 1200 Male 0

59 7 133 0 19 1060 Male 2

60 5 178 0 18 1140 Male 0

61a 5 187 0 18 1090 Male 1

61 11 187 0 47 1180 Male 1

62 6 200 0 19 1300 Male 0

63 5 179 0 19 1210 Male 0

64 7 118 0 24 1100 Female 1

65 9 110 0 19 1040 Female 0

66 7 146 3 18 1090 Male 2

67 8 133 0 20 1060 Female 1

68 9 142 0 28 1500 Female 2

69 8 131 3 20 1000 Male 2

70 8 131 4 22 850 Female 2

71 6 107 0 19 1000 Female 1

72 9 162 0 19 990 Male 1

73 8 136 0 19 990 Female 1

74 5 212 4 19 1100 Male 0

75 6 108 0 18 1170 Femlae 0

76 10 144 4 32 Female 2

77 6 251 0 31 Male 0

78 7 116 0 20 1180 Female 0

79 9 150 0 20 970 Female C(0)

80 8 130 0 22 1000 Female C(0)

81 5 135 0 20 1230 Female C(0)

82 5 140 0 23 1240 Female C(0)

83 9 248 0 21 1080 Female C(0)

84 6 150 3 20 Female C(0)

85 9 113 4 19 1180 Female C(0)

86 6 120 4 22 1050 Female C(0)

87 8 157 0 18 1140 Male C(0)

88 9 186 0 18 1190 Male C(0)

89 7 147 0 20 970 Male C(0)

90 6 164 0 18 1080 Male C(0)

91 9 166 0 18 1160 Male C(0)

92 8 138 3 19 1140 Male C(0)

93 11 145 0 18 1280 Male C(0)

94 9 160 4 18 1260 Male C(0)

95 7 148 0 18 1040 Male C(0)

96 10 109 0 18 1200 Female C(0)

97 10 140 0 18 1200 Female C(0)

98 9 134 0 18 1020 Female C(2)

SN Caff. Score Body Weight Smoker Age SAT score Gender Dose

99 9 150 0 19 1120 Female C(2)

100 7 160 0 18 1130 Female C(2)

101 7 191 0 18 1090 Female C(2)

102 6 135 3 19 1290 Male C(0)

103 8 135 4 18 1300 Female C(2)

104 6 110 0 18 1030 Female C(2)

105 6 157 0 19 1130 Female C(2)

106 8 157 4 19 1030 Female C(2)

107 11 165 4 21 920 Female C(2)

108 8 137 0 18 1250 Male C(2)

109 5 150 0 18 1210 Male C(2)

110 6 186 1 21 25ACT Male C(2)

111 6 120 1 19 1100 Female C(2)

112 7 140 0 21 980 Male C(2)

113 5 150 0 21 1260 Male C(2)

114 7 157 4 20 Male C(2)

115 4 160 0 20 1275 Male C(2)

116 7 133 4 24 21ACT Male C(2)

117 6 155 0 21 Male C(2)

118 11 115 0 22 Female control

119 6 155 0 21 1170 Male control

120 8 182 0 22 1050 Male control

121 5 145 0 21 1260 Female control

122 7 150 0 18 1100 Male control

123 5 126 0 21 1058 Female control

124 9 116 0 20 1100 Male control

125 7 135 0 20 980 Female control

126 7 206 0 24 900 Male control

127 8 203 0 29 1150 Female control

128 5 155 0 20 1060 Female control