Graphical presentation
You must produce a graph of your experimental data.
Your graph must:
- be a line graph or a bar graph, whichever is appropriate for your data
- be large enough to allow points to be read accurately
- have suitable scales, labels and units on the axes
- have points which are joined with a line (line graph) or clear bar tops (bar graph)
- You must use graph paper or graphing software.
- If you are using graphing software, include both major and minor gridlines, and use plotting symbols that are clear but not too large.
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.
- It must be clear from what you include that this data/information is relevant to the aim of your investigation.
- You must cite your internet/literature source within the body of the report, near to the relevant data/information, and include a reference later in the report.
- You can cite a source in many ways. One way is to put a number, for example (1), next to the data/information and the same number beside the reference included later in the report.
You must include the following information in the 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 |