Results - Data Representation - SCI: Honors Chemistry Lab Report

Results - Data Representation Rubric

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15	Tables (if present) and Figures (if present) are clear, correctly constructed, and embedded in text	Multiple mechanical errors or omissions	Tables and figures needed but absent
16	Caption follows each visual display; Caption is clear, concise and gives “stand alone” capacity to the visual presentation	Only some visual displays have captions Caption does not give “stand alone” capacity	Captions absent
17	“Best Choice(s)” visual presentations are used; e.g. if a graph is better, then the data table is omitted from report	Not “best choice” Trend not clear Visual presentation found elsewhere in report	Visual presentation absent

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15

Tables (if present) and Figures (if present) are clear, correctly constructed, and embedded in text

Multiple mechanical errors or omissions

Tables and figures needed
but absent

16

Caption follows each visual display;
Caption is clear, concise and gives “stand alone” capacity to the visual presentation

Only some visual displays have captions
Caption does not give “stand alone” capacity

Captions absent

17

“Best Choice(s)” visual presentations are used; e.g. if a graph is better, then the data table is omitted from report

Not “best choice”
Trend not clear
Visual presentation found elsewhere in report

Visual presentation
absent

Need Excel? ATS has it!

This is how you present your data. It can be a table, chart, plot, etc.; you should give careful thought on how you think it is best to present your data. Which method is the most clear to a potential reader (Best Choice)?

Do NOT put RAW data tables into a lab report!
Figures and tables should be embedded in the text and should not be hand-drawn!
If a table and figure/graph are redundant, do NOT include the table
Each table or figure should be correctly captioned (do not shy away from a long caption!). See the example below.
Do not interpret data in your caption (although some journal articles do allow and encourage some interpretation in figure captions)
Figure # (in bold) and the corresponding caption should go below the display. Make sure you start at 1.
Table # (in bold) and the corresponding caption should go above the display. Make sure you start at 1.
- Do not “call” a table a figure, or vice versa.
- Do NOT double title!
Caption – contains (i) graph description (y axis vs. x axis); (ii) how were measurements made; (iii) important aspects of measuring device?; (iv) how many replicate experiments per data point (the average); (v) let reader know that the uncertainty bars represent AAD.
- The figure/table together with the caption should have a “stand alone” quality. Take a look at the following example:

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