4eLab report checklist

Biology Lab Report Checklist The references are to page numbers in the Fourth Edition TITLE (p 80)  Descriptive and concise AUTHORS  Each author’s first name is followed by his/her surname ABSTRACT (pp 79–80)  Contains an introduction (background and objectives)  Contains brief description of methods  Contains results  Contains conclusions INTRODUCTION (pp 78–79)  Starts with a general introduction to the topic  Contains a question or unresolved problem  References support the background information  Selected references are directly relevant to your study  Citation format is correct  Citations are paraphrased Direct quotations are not used  Objectives of the study are clearly stated MATERIALS AND METHODS  Contains all relevant information to enable the reader to repeat the procedure (pp 52–53)  Routine procedures are not explained (p 52)  Written in paragraph form (not a numbered list) and in complete sentences (pp 51–55)  Written in past tense (p 51)  Written in passive voice (active voice is allowed in some disciplines) (pp 51–52)  Materials are not listed separately (p 53)  No preview is given of how the data will be organized or interpreted (pp 54–55) © 2013 Sinauer Associates, Inc All rights reserved Permission granted to users of A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology to download and adapt this form for their own use For educational use only, not for commercial use or resale RESULTS  Figures and tables are present Figure caption goes below figure; table caption goes above table (pp 61–72)  Text is present Every sentence is meaningful (p 58)  Reference is made to each table and figure, and the results are described in words (p 59)  Figure and table titles are informative and can be understood apart from the text (pp 61–72)  No explanation is given for the results (p 57) DISCUSSION (pp 76–78)  Results are briefly restated  Results are explained and interpreted  Results are related to published work  Errors and inconsistencies are pointed out  Implications of the results are described REFERENCES (pp 81–94)  References consist mostly of primary journal articles, not textbooks or websites  Reference format is correct and complete  All end references have been cited in the text All in-text citations have been included in the References section REVISION  All questions from the laboratory exercise have been answered  Calculations and statistics have been double-checked (p 97)  Overall structure (pp 96–97)  Figures and tables (pp 61–72 and 111)  Sections, paragraphs, sentences, and words (pp 98–111)  Word usage (pp 106–110)  Grammar (pp 111–114)  Spelling (p 115)  Punctuation (pp 115–119)  Standard abbreviations (pp 120–122)  Numbers (pp 120 and 123)  Format (pp 123–124)