Monday, December 8, 2014

Lab guidelines

Basic structure of the lab report:

* Title

* Purpose of lab

* Your hypothesis (from the earlier homework)

* Data table - include all columns from your data, AND 2 more columns:  calculated f, and percent error
   - be sure to calculate these for all trials where you have numerical data for real images

* Sample calculation for focal length (your data table will have ALL of the calculated values, but there is only need for one calculation to be shown)

* Graph(s) if you made any (they are not required, but a graph of di versus do might be instructive)

* Conclusion - probably the biggest, most detailed part of the lab:
 - Address your hypothesis.
 - Give sources of error.
 - Discuss how the image formation depends on object distance.  Note if there "transition points", etc.  This is the tough part of the conclusion (and the most mathematical).
 - Give a general conclusion.

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