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Your lab instructor will lead a discussion on writing abstracts. It is recommend

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Question

Your lab instructor will lead a discussion on writing abstracts. It is recommended that you take notes of the discussion in your laboratory notebook. Please type the questions listed below in a separate document. The questions refer to the abstract below. Type answers to the questions. Answers must be supported with information (you must do more than answer "Yes" or "No"). Distances were measured with a ruler, Vernier caliper, and digital caliper and were found to be 1.0 cm, 1.006 cm, and 1.004 cm, respectively. The average reaction times were found to be 0.4536 s by the drop method and 0.347 s using the online test. The average reaction time for the entire lab section was found to be 0.383 s although it isn't fair to have to use this for future experiments. 1. Is the abstract written in the active voice, or the passive voice? How can you tell?It's as ive voice, Becaus Does the abstract above state the main purpose of doing the experiment (s)? Does the abstract above state what data were acquired? Does the abstract above state how the data were acquired? Does the abstract above provide any information about the equipment used to 2. 3. 4. 5. acquire the data? 6. Does the abstract above provide numerical information that communicates the main results? 7. Does the abstract above state the main conclusions? 8. Write an abstract that fixes any problems that you and your colleagues identified during the discussion led by your lab instructor.

Explanation / Answer

1) It is in passive voice. This could be identified from the usage of phrases like 'were measured','were found', etc.

2)No the abstract does not mention the purpose of doing the experiment

3)yes,the abstarct does mention the data required. They are distnace and reaction time

4)yes, the abstract does mention the means and methods of acquiring data: distnaces were measured using ruler, Vernier calliper, and digital caliper. Reaction time was measured using drop method and online test