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Laboratory Notes
The laboratory notes are intended to provide a record of each week's project. We'd like you to consider the notes as if they were reports to be presented to a weekly research conference; the members of the conference are your scientific colleagues who must assess:
  • what you were interested in and why;
  • what you have done procedurally;
  • what you have found; and
  • what you would conclude.

Your notes should provide them with this information in a clear and cogent way.

Introduction

  • A presentation of the issue under examination.
  • A rationale for the issue.
  • Background literature.
  • Relationship to other problems or topics.

Method

  • A description of the subjects used.
  • A specification of the apparatus.
  • A complete but concise description of the procedure.

Results

  • An appropriate description of the data.
  • Statistical tests or summaries.
  • When useful, supporting documentation such as tables or graphs.

Discussion

  • An evaluation and interpretation of the results.
  • A statement of any conclusions to be drawn.
  • A discussion of any problems or limiations of the study.
  • Suggestions for future research.

The report should be clearly written; style will count in our assessment. We will accept handwritten notes, but will consider legibility of the writing as a component of readability and style.

Page Created: 18 January 1999 Last updated: 27 January 1999
Michael R. Snyder <msnyder@psych.ualberta.ca>