Today

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• Todays lab
• Reports due in 1 week
• Statistics Practice

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After we are done, start thinking about,
planning, making a group for inquiry 2. Groups
should have 3-5 people.
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• Lab safety training
• OH 101 Hazard Communication Online Training
• and
• OH 201 Laboratory Safety Online Training
• http//www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/train
• -Complete training by lab week of 9/22-

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Inquiry Written Report Format The written report
for your inquiries will be formatted similarly to
a scientific research article.
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Title-Concisely describe your experiment.
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Abstract-Summarize your work. Include your
question and final conclusion. Do not to exceed
250 words.
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Introduction-Give background information about
your question and hypotheses.
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Results- Describe your results including any
tables or figures that you need to explain your
results along with any data analysis that you
performed. Include any problems that kept you
from collecting the necessary data.
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Discussion- Explain your results. If you did
more than one experiment, explain how the results
are or are not in agreement. What is your final
conclusion? Were you able to eliminate all but
one hypothesis? Were the results surprising or
unexpected? Are your results different from
other similar studies? What future experiments
might help clarify or expand on your findings?
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Materials and Methods-Describe how you carried
out the experiments. Include the protocols you
followed and any analysis you performed. Give
enough detail so that someone else could
replicate your results.
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References- Cite other work that you used to
develop your question, hypotheses, and/or
experiment(s). This information should be
specifically cited in the text of your report,
and then the full citation givern here. The
specific format is up to you, but should include
author(s) name(s), article title, journal or book
title, volume and page number, and year of
publication
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Inquiry Written Report Format Title Abstract Intr
oduction Results Discussion Materials and
Methods References
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• Oral Reports (5 min.)
• Will use doc cam
• Print extra copy of
• title with your name
• figures/tables
• bulleted conclusions

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• Todays lab
• Reports due in 1 week
• Statistics Practice

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In small groups we used T-test to look at
peoples height divided between males and
females and then peoples height grouped by the
first letter of their last name. Then we collated
the data for whole lab to look at the effect of
sample size on statistical significance. Then we
used R2 analysis to look at data with 2
variables Head circumference vs birth
month Height vs head circumference