Data/information from an internet/literature source
You must include data/information from an internet/literature source that you can compare with the data from your experiment.
You must cite your internet/literature source within the body of the report near to the relevant data/information, and include the reference later in the report.
You can cite a source in many ways. One example is to put a number, for example (1), next to the data/information and the same number beside the reference given later in the report.
You must include the following information in a reference:
| Source | Reference |
| Website | full URL for the page or pages, with the date accessed |
| Journal | title, author, journal title, volume and page number |
| Book | title, author, page number and either edition or ISBN |
| Data booklet | title, page number and either year of publication or ISBN or full URL |
| Source | Website |
|---|---|
| Reference | full URL for the page or pages, with the date accessed |
| Source | Journal |
|---|---|
| Reference | title, author, journal title, volume and page number |
| Source | Book |
|---|---|
| Reference | title, author, page number and either edition or ISBN |
| Source | Data booklet |
|---|---|
| Reference | title, page number and either year of publication or ISBN or full URL |
Analysis
You must compare your experimental data with the data/information from your internet/literature source.
Conclusion
You must state a conclusion that relates to your aim and is supported by all the data included in your report.
Evaluation
You need to identify a factor in your experiment that had a effect on the reliability, accuracy or precision of your experiment.
You then need to explain what you did to minimise this effect or what you could have done or how you know this factor had a significant effect.