Lab Report Tips

Some Lab Writing Tips:

Your report should be clear and concise.  Only one report is needed per group and scores are shared between partners.  Reports must be typed and printed on letter-sized paper.  The lab report is your opportunity to demonstrate to the TA how you understand the experiment(s). 

Each lab report should start with the names of both partners, both PIDs, lab day, time, and section (i.e. Monday 6:00p-9:00p A50), and end with the prelab, and TA signature sheet.  

Your report should answer any questions that might be directly asked in the instructions or from the TA.  Avoid one word/sentence answers.  

Attach to your report all data printouts from the experiment(s).  Title and label all printouts and graphs you make. What signals are you displaying?

Your lab report MUST be formatted in the following way: 

  1. Introduction:  Your introduction should describe the purpose of the lab
  2. Procedures:  Must be bullet pointed.  Briefly explain the steps you took as you executed your experiment.  This section should not be a replication of the lab manual.  Write this portion in such a way for someone else to come up with the same results if they followed your steps.
  3. Circuit Diagrams: This section should include labeled diagrams for each circuit that you implemented in the procedure. If you built a circuit, or used a specific Integrated Circuit chip (PDIP Package IC), make sure that you include a diagram of the labeled circuit that you built, and the IC package pin-out that you used.
  4. Analysis:  This includes data collected during the labs, tables of collected  printouts, and answers to questions from lab.  It should also include a description of your results.  This portion of your lab report should demonstrate an understanding of all key concepts and results reflecting that understanding. This section should NOT be in Q&A Format. 
  5. Conclusion:  In general, discuss what principles the experiment(s) utilized and anything else that needs further discussion.    
  6. Signature Sheet: The signature sheet which you had signed during the lab sections
  7. Pre-lab: Attached at the back should be your graded Pre-lab work along with any corrections that were needed during the lab section.


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Nov 17, 2015, 1:08 AM
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Nov 17, 2015, 1:08 AM