LAB REPORT SUBMISSION

1. Creating a Turnitin Account and Enrolling in a Class

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Go to http://www.turnitin.com to create your account and enrol into my class.
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2. Submitting a Lab Report to Turnitin

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 GUIDELINE TO LABORATORY REPORT WRITING
The main purpose of writing reports is to communicate exactly what occurred in an
experiment or observation and to clearly discuss the results.

Abstract

Normally, the abstract is the last part of the report written. It is a detailed summary of the whole
report that consists of one to two concise paragraphs. A good abstract should consist of the
four elements below:
The objectives of the study/experiment (the central question);
Brief statement of what was done (Methods);
Brief statement of what was found (Results);
Brief statement of what was concluded (Discussion).

**Please take note that the keyword for writing an abstract is “BRIEF”.

Introduction

It is in this section that the background information of the topic of interest is given/described.
This section too, highlights the important problem statement and tells the reader why you did
the experiment.
Generally, it should consist:
Descriptions of the nature of the problem and summaries of relevant research to provide
context and key terms so your reader can understand the experiment.
The scope of your work and the OBJECTIVES of your experiments in order to answer the
central question of the study.
Hypothesis (if any) or explain what you are proposing for certain observations.

Literature Review
A literature review is a search and evaluation of the available literature in your given subject
or chosen topic area. It documents the state of the art with respect to the subject or topic you
are writing about.
A literature review has four main objectives:
It surveys the literature in your chosen area of study
It synthesises the information in that literature into a summary
It critically analyses the information gathered by identifying gaps in current knowledge; by
showing limitations of theories and points of view; and by formulating areas for further research
and reviewing areas of controversy
It presents the literature in an organised way
A literature review shows your readers that you have an in-depth grasp of your subject; and
that you understand where your own research fits into and adds to an existing body of
agreed knowledge.
Here’s another way of describing those four main tasks. A literature review:

demonstrates a familiarity with a body of knowledge and establishes the credibility of your
work;
summarises prior research and says how your project is linked to it; integrates
and summarises what is known about a subject;
demonstrates that you have learnt from others and that your research is a starting point
for new ideas.

Methodology

This section describes the experimental procedures in detail in such a manner that someone
else could repeat the experiment:
Explain the general type of scientific procedure you used to study the problem.
Describe what materials, subjects, and equipment you used (Materials).
Explain the steps you took in your experiment and how did you proceed (Methods).
Mathematical equations and statistical tests should be described.

Results and Discussion

The results section should present data that you collected from your experiment and
summarize the data with text, tables, and/or figures. Effective results sections include:
All results should be presented, including those that do not support the hypothesis.
Statements made in the text must be supported by the results contained in figures and
tables.

You explain to the reader the significance of the results and give a detailed account of what
happened in the experiment. You need to evaluate what happened and the results obtained,
based on the hypothesis and purpose of the experiment. If the results contained errors,
analyse the reasons for the errors. The discussion should contain:
Summary of the important findings of your observations.
For each result, describe the patterns, principles, relationships your results show. Explain
how your results relate to expectations and to references cited. Explain any agreements,
contradictions, or exceptions. Describe what additional research might resolve contradictions
or explain exceptions.
Suggest the theoretical implications of your results. Extend your findings to other situations
or other species. Give the big picture: do your findings help us understand a broader topic?
Conclusion

A brief summary of what was done and how, the results and your conclusions of the
experiment. Explains briefly whether your objectives were achieved and the central
question(s) of the study is (were) answered through the experiments that have been
conducted.
In this section too, you may propose some recommendations with regards to the experimental
work that you have performed. You may suggest ideas to improvise the procedures or even
alternative materials for the experiment.

References

This section consists a listing of published works that you have cited in the text of your report.
The references should be cited using the appropriate style proposed by your instructor OR
you may choose any citation styles which are normally used for scientific research
report/paper. The citation style used must be the same throughout the report.