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Researched by PDFBuddyFree Team · Last updated 29 October 2026 · Data: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (first published 1665)
Example: a pendulum experiment with 5 lengths, results and a short discussion becomes a two-page lab report in the classic aim → method → results → discussion → conclusion order.
Fact: the first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, began publishing in 1665 — and the structure it helped establish is still the structure of a lab report today: state the question, describe the method, report the results, then discuss what they mean (source: The Royal Society). That order is not a formality; it is what lets another person repeat your experiment from your report alone.
The working structure is: aim → method → results → discussion → conclusion. The method must be detailed enough to repeat — quantities, equipment, steps, in the order performed. Results report only what was observed, with tables and figures, and no interpretation. Interpretation belongs in the discussion, where results are compared with theory and sources of error are named honestly. The conclusion then answers the aim in one paragraph. The most common student error is blending results and discussion; keeping them in separate sections is what markers reward.
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Observations go in results, interpretation in discussion. That separation is the single most rewarded habit in lab marking.
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Aim, method, results, discussion and conclusion — in that order. The method must be detailed enough for someone else to repeat the experiment; results report observations only; interpretation belongs in the discussion.
Yes. Results report what was observed, with tables and figures and no interpretation. The discussion explains what the results mean, compares them with theory, and names sources of error.
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Yes — write your results as lines in the results section, one measurement per line, and they appear as a clean list in the PDF. For complex tables, keep the raw data in a spreadsheet and summarise here.
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