Guidelines for Reports
Your report will be evaluated for mathematical correctness and
completeness, and for its narrative quality. Write in complete English
sentences. When you introduce a new variable, tell what it stands for;
say what its dimensional units are (meters, kilograms, seconds, ...)
if appropriate.
Your report may be either typed or handwritten. Legibility is more
important than choice of medium. Graphs may be printed or hand-drawn.
Again, choice of medium is less important than legibility: provide
each graph with a title, axis labels, a caption and legend as
appropriate, to inform the reader what the graph displays.
Use worked examples in the testbook as models for writing your report.
Throughout the report, take care to
- Tell what each paragraph is about.
- Tell what are you doing, and why.
- If using a diagram, tell what you observe in it (and if a diagram is
not on the same page as the referring text, tell the reader where to
find it).
- State your conclusions, and justify them with reasons.
