Question

Trying to start a lab report on trihybrid crosses, but I'm just blanked out. What do you people usually do to start a lab?

Answer 1

When you start a lab you always want to begin by posing a question, a kind of broad question. For example, if you are doing a lab on the reasoning behind why light bulbs produce light using electricity, you could ask something like "why/how do light bulbs light up?" Then you can pose a hypothesis using an if/then statement saying something like "if we use this little piece of metal and insert it into the light bulb mechanism, then the light should light up." (that was a bad and vague hypothesis, make sure you are more specific about what you are trying to do and what you think will happen. Then after you formulate a hypothesis, you then want to set up your experiment. Lay it out in a notebook before doing it. So in my example we are taking different types of metals and seeing if a lightbulb can work using other types of elements. I would set up an experiment with maybe 3 or 4 different types of metals that conduct electricity and see how efficient they are at making a light bulb light up. The control would be the current metal stripe inside the bulb. Make sure to know what you want to test, what you think the outcome will be and know the procedure you'd like to use to perform this experiment.

Answer 2

Not related, but that reminds me, that I should ensure that my null and alternative hypotheses are clear. Thanks!

Answer 3

I thought you were looking for how to start a lab?

Answer 4

Maybe I can still help you. What specifically do you need help doing?

Answer 5

Its kind of complex.

Answer 6

Anything that I might be able to help with?