Formal Experiment Report Page 2
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2INTRODUCTION
a. purpose/overview
b. why important to field
c. objective(s) for this particular experiment
BACKGROUND/THEORY
a. basic principles studied
b. important governing equations
c. apparatus: understanding + description
d. schematic of apparatus
METHODS
a. procedure followed in obtaining results
RESULTS
a. description of results
b. important governing equations
c. tables and graphs presenting results
d. uncertainties
e. relevant comparisons with theory
DISCUSSION
a. brief review of results (if necessary)
b. discussion (trends in results, comparison with theory, answers to discussion
questions in the Report Requirements)
CONCLUSION
a. summary of numerical results and other results
b. link with report’s objectives
c. summary of discussion and conclusions
APPENDICES
a. references
b. equipment list
c. sample calculations
d. uncertainty analysis
e. data acquisition program with a list of channel assignments
f. original data
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