How to Write a Discussion Section

The discussion section of your report is the most important section of your report.
In this section you interpret the data and draw conclusions. Your discussion
section should contain the following parts:
Conclusions that you can draw from the data that you obtained from the
lab.
Answers to the post-lab questions
Sources of error that could have altered the results that you got.
The first part of the discussion section should contain a paragraph stating clearly
and concisely the conclusions that you can draw from the data that you collected.
Your conclusion needs to be supported by the data that you collected.
The second part of the discussion section should contain answers to the post-lab
questions. Every lab you do will have some post-lab questions. You need to
answer these questions in paragraphs. Your answers should be clear and you
need to explain why you are answering the way that you do.
Finally, you should discuss any sources of error that could have contributed to
the results that you got during the lab. You need to talk about both human and
experimental error. This means that you cannot just focus on errors that were the
result of human error. You always must discuss error that happened because of
the way the experiment was designed.
Grammar for Materials and Procedures
The following grammar rules should be followed for introductions:
You should only use 3rd person. NEVER use 1st or 2nd person. This means
you cannot say I, me, we, us, etc.
You should have multiple paragraphs.
Do not number the post-lab questions. Answer these in paragraphs.

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