Guideline for Lab Reports

  • The report should be a single document file covering the complete exercise

  • Use the cover sheet report template provided by in Moodle

  • Use proper paper geometry, e.g., margins: right, left, top 2.5 cm, bottom 2 cm.

  • Font size 11-12, line spacing between 1.15 and 1.5.

Goal of the report:

  • The report summarizes and presents your work on the exercises and answers all given questions from the task sheets

  • In a step by step procedure, the report introduces the task, raises the questions, shows the solutions (including necessary intermediate results) and makes conclusions

  • Readers (e.g., other students, supervisors and the professor) who have not attended the course and do not know about any implementations must be able to understand the report

In the report

  • Use meaningful heading for different sections (headings should be numbered and larger than the text, not bold and not underlined)

  • Use table of contents (and list of figures)

  • Number the pages

  • When answering the questions, number and repeat the questions before providing answers below each corresponding question

  • When presenting a plot or a figure

    • Carefully decide, what you intend to show/highlight/demonstrate with the figure

    • Introduce the figure with direct referencing in the text (e.g., Figure 1 shows …)

    • Center the figure horizontally

    • Label the figure

    • Label the axes (description and unit), appropriate font size

    • Use a grid if necessary

    • Use multiple colors or types for different lines within a plot

    • Use a legend if necessary

    • Describe plots and figures in detail, especially focus on the signal characteristics

    • Provide explanations for your plot descriptions

    • Make conclusions from the plot

  • Figures and tables should be upright if possible, so that the reader does not need to rotate the page

  • Use appropriate file formats for figures (e.g. latex: eps, pdf, svg; word: emf, wmf, svg, (large scaled png))

  • When presenting a formula/equation

    • Use proper visualization, e.g., in MS Word use the equation editor (insert -> equation) or use the LaTeX equation option

    • Center equations horizontally

    • Number the equation

    • Use only symbols in equations and no written words

    • Explain all used symbols in the text after the equation. The symbols should have the same font and should not look different (compare: 𝛽 and β).

  • Check for grammar and spelling mistakes before submission