Help with writing prac report discussion D:

[man0005]

Homework Statement

Hey guys

been losing a lot of marks for my discussion on my prac reports, as i tend to talk too much irrelevant stuff like errors (which should be in error analysis)
could someone please tell what i should include/talk about in a discussion? i know to talk about the results but i usually end up not finding enough stuff to talk about...
If any of you have some examples that you could upload, that would be great as well

Our next prac writeup is to to "use the conservation of energy laws to investigate the effect of the mass of the object moving down an incline and the vertical height of the incline on the velocity of the object at the bottom of the incline".
So maybe if you have some points i could talk about that prac specifically to use as an example, that might also help

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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[jbsteele]

When writing a discussion, it is important to focus on the purpose of the experiment, the results of the experiment, and how the results compare with other studies. The overall goal is to explain how the results of the experiment support or refute the hypothesis, while also providing additional insights into the experiment. For the prac writeup that you mentioned, you could start by restating the purpose of the experiment and discussing what was expected to happen based on the conservation of energy laws. Then, you could discuss the results of the experiment, providing numerical values and graphical representations of the data. You should then explain how the results support or refute the hypothesis, and analyze any discrepancies between the expected and actual results. Finally, you could explain any additional insights that you gained from the experiment, such as any limitations of the experiment or potential improvements for future experiments. For more specific examples, you could look at some example discussion sections from past lab reports to get an idea of how to structure your discussion.