what is the point of lab reports?
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I have to agree, college lab reports are a colossal waste of time. I can see the point of doing one major report each term, but most college courses have students doing 4 or 5 reports form different subjects every WEEK. That’s  a farce. After the first 2 weeks the student has done 10 Lab Reports. If by that stage they still don’t know how to do it then they won’t learn by droning through another hundred.\n\nThe sad truth is that it’s done because people like me found it far easier to earn our pay as tutors and demonstrators by marking lab reports than actually interacting with students. A lot of that was laziness but some of it is the student body’s ‘fault’. A lab tutor I could fail someone if I felt I needed to based on a lab report, but based on personal interaction it’s very hard to make a case for a review panel if the student challenges (and they invariably will if they know you can’t make a case).\n\nAs I said, it would make far more sense to have one major report per subject per term. I tutored under one really cool professor who let my trail that Idea for Animal Physiology and it worked brilliantly (that was years ago and he still uses it). Those sorts of report are equivalent to real world report. Nobody in the real world writes a 5 page report on half a dozen replicates. That sort of stuff stays on the lab notebook until you actually publish or submit to clients. Once/term reports also have the advantage that students can repeat experiments that stuff up, rather than just copying someone else’s results (or making it up). It also allows students some leeway in choosing a project that will interest them. And the final benefit is that it allows the students to practice doing literature reviews, which is one skill that never gets taught sufficiently (if at all) to undergrads.\nUnfortunately laziness, apathy and blind tradition mean that far to few colleges implement such an idea. Instead hundreds of thousand of students every week write abstracts that are all but identical to the Materials and Methods section with a single line summary.  That’s practice for nothing at all, except doing it again next week.
537460
why what is the point
50467
Microsoft Excel should be sufficeint for a lab report.  Excel can also make graphs from the table data.
1102808
i dont think so but i bet if you compare definitions youll find the answer send me a copy of your report when done please i love readiing a good report im kinda geeky
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These are simple fast tests to detect the presence of carbohydrates in a given sample. These can be modified a little and by using a spec it would be possible to quantify the sugars in a given sample.\nQuestion if more precise would help in giving a specific answer
135341
You need to write your own conclusion, we were not there in the lab doing the experiment with you, we dont know your results or the goal of the lab.
630985
because it calculate with formula and it is easy to clasify the data specially statistical data also it shows in graph. so project report can be easyly seen in it. if u became expert in it then u cna get even job for it. trust me it take 2 years to learn whole excel even u can make formula by your own.
1002459
There is no point. It just for the fun of seeing how many points you can accumulate.
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Toxicology is proven its value in solving crimes.\nAs the word 'toxic' impies and is refernce to a venom which usually is deadly to the human body.\nOnce a toxicology result is confirmed it will be for the reasons that the lab tests have identified a particular toxic agent in a dead body.\nThis finding may pinpoint the cause and method of death and which may be linkable to the perpetrator.\nHope this is close enough.  Jose
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it is an audit with the purpose of discovering what (normally) went wrong. Usually to explain and quantify the extent of malfeasance, and normally undertaken where there is a high suspicion or basic proof of wrongdoing
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Typically in a lab experiment, you read an introduction which gives you the background of the experiment.  Then you perform the expt.  You observe your results.  Then you write up your results.  My advice is as follows.  Before you even run your expt you should have a solid enough background to predict what results you should get.  In writing up a lab you should first critically think about the experiment before you do it.  Ask yourself a number of questions:  What should happen?  Why should it happen?  Then you perform your expt, then try and make scientific observations based upon what you learned. In your case, it appears that your experiment is designed to demonstrate the effect that enzymes can have on protein molecules found in gelatin.  So your prediction is prolly something like the addition of pineapple juice in gelatin will result in the the gelatin not solidifying because the enzymes in teh pineapple juice break down the proteins in the gelatin.  you performed teh expt.  The results are consistent with your prediction.  you should state that, then go on to make some logical observations.  Did you use a control, did you test any other juices, did they cause teh gelatin to not form jello?  The key to writing up lab reports is to demonstrate that you understand the goal of the lab.  Hope this helps.\n\np.s.  you should review your experiment too.  if it is the experiment that i think it is you are not supposed to get jello when you use pineapple juice or kiwi juice, because the enzymes prevent the jello from forming.  you do have results, you just need to review your experiment so you can understand what they mean.
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Most departments charge for the report...the last time I checked it was only $3.00, if the information you have is that important what is a lousy $3.00...that doesn't even buy you lunch anymore.
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Write the results of your findings and why you think that is.
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I took the ACT just last test date on Feb 11...I was advised by many people (and the test people themselves) not to use that option of free score reports. They said that you can always send your scores anywhere you want AFTER you know what score you got. Their reasoning was: "Why would you want to send someone a score, when you don't even know if it's actually a GOOD score?" As for sending it to the VP, etc...I haven't a clue why those people would care...
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Well I don't really know the details of lab, but just discuss what you did in the lab, such as the procedure itself and then if calculus was involved or any type of math discuss the math you had to use and equations and then what value you got and what it represented. Then in the conclusion basically state your objective and hypothesis. State whether or not your hypothesis was correct, why or why not, and that your objective was met.
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Just summarize the results of the experiment, state whether your hypothesis was correct/incorrect, and give any final concluding details.
87951
They are tests that you take about things you already know instead of taking classes. You get credit for it. But you can study up on the subjects you are taking tests on. If you don't know your subject, no amount of advice will help. If you do, you don't need advice. You can try to cram for them or read a book on taking tests. You can probably also retake them if necessary.