Lab Report

Abstract:

The “Comparison of Lab Report Elements” was an assignment that required us to select two scientific papers, analyze and describe their use of the lab report elements as stipulated in Chapter 19 of Mike Merkel and Stuart Selber’s Technical Communication (12th edition), and ultimately decide which had the better and more effective use of the lab report elements. I compared two papers, “A five-day course of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 may reduce the duration of illness” and “Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19” which both focus on aspects in the COVID-19 pandemic. I analyzed how well they used the lab report elements in each of the sections of a lab report including the abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, and conclusion using citations from both reports as evidence. Ultimately, I decided that the lab report, “Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19” was more effective in its use of the lab report elements because although it slightly deviates from the elements it still communicates its message more easily than the other lab report.