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Audience: The Readers Of Lab Reports

This guide explores the concept of audience in lab reports and discusses why it is crucial to consider the audience when writing these reports. It covers the difference between depth and breadth in lab reports and provides tips on how to identify and address different types of audiences.

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Audience: The Readers Of Lab Reports

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  1. Audience:The Readers Of Lab Reports Created By Anita Thammavongsa

  2. CONTENT COVERED IN GUIDE 3 4 6 10 11

  3. WHAT IS “AUDIENCE” in lab reports?

  4. Why audience matters

  5. Why AUDIENCE MATTERS:Depth vs Breadth Depth Breadth Refers to the full span of knowledge of a subject studied in the experiment i.e. using cumulative knowledge from Materials Science to identify unknown polymers Refers to the extent in which specific topics are detailed and explored in the experiment • i.e. studying the characteristics of materials, focusing on stress-strain curves

  6. IDENTIFYING YOUR AUDIENCE

  7. IDENTIFYING YOUR AUDIENCE: Who?

  8. IDENTIFYING YOUR AUDIENCE: What?

  9. IDENTIFYING YOUR AUDIENCE: why?

  10. TYPES OF AUDIENCES There are 3 main categories of audiences in lab reports:

  11. Addressing your audiences:“lay” Lab reports are pieces of technical writing

  12. Addressing your audiences:“managerial”

  13. Addressing your audiences:“experts” These reports are typically to show understanding

  14. References • A Brief Guide to Writing Lab Reports [PDF file]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/writingworkshop/Writing%20Workshop/lab%20reports.pdf • Anderson, A. (2013). Laboratory reports – mechanical engineering. Retrieved from http://www.engineering.union.edu/~andersoa/mer331/MELabReports.htm • Farris, D. & Miller, J. (2010). Laboratory report formats [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/118896.pdf • Lab Reports [PDF file]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.crk.umn.edu/sites/crk.umn.edu/files/lab-reports.pdf • Reid, S., Kiefer, K., & Kowalski, D. (1994 - 2013). Adapting to your audience. Writing@CSU. Colorado State University. Retrieved from https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=19 • The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (n.d.). Scientific reports. Retrieved from https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/scientific-reports/ • Williams, E. H., Gapp, D., Cutler, N., & Cuebas-Incle, E. (1996). Lab reports for biology [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.hamilton.edu/documents/Lab_Reports_for_Biology.pdf

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