Psych 100

Laboratory Report Rough Draft Format
(This will be the written rough draft for the final type written laboratory report. This format must be followed for the final typed draft!!! Each section of the report must be labeled and numbered as shown below. What is written in parentheses are prompts and are not to be typed in the final draft!! There is a template on the class website (www.schoolrack.com/owtsscience/) to be used throughout the year to write future laboratory reports. It is also recommended that you save your report to skydrive. Then it is retrievable and printable from anywhere.)

Name: _________________________________________
Date: ____________________ Class: ______________
Assignment # ______________ (rough draft counts as a class work grade)

Title (State the title of the experiment.)

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1. Statement of the Problem (10 points) (The problem must include the independent the dependent variables.)
The problem investigated in this experiment was _______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
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2. Hypothesis (5 points) (The hypothesis must be an “If . . . then . . . because statement”)

The hypothesis for this experiment was ______________________________________
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3. Variables (15 points; 5 points each)

(The independent variable is the one factor that is different from the control group and is plotted on the x axis, which is the horizontal axis.)
The independent