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A careful and thorough analysis of all parts of the laboratory should be included here. In some
laboratory exercises you will be required to perform theoretical calculations. This section is
where you are to present those equations and their solutions, as appropriate. Often, you will
need to make use of experimental data from the previous section to support the calculations
presented here.
You are also to compare theoretical, experimental, and simulation results as appropriate in
this section. Most measurements will contain some error (difference between theoretical and
measured values). Always calculate percent error and then describe possible or known sources
of the error. Often, a table is the best way to present this data.
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This material was adapted from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Writing Center and is available in its
original form at: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/SciRep_Intro.html