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=CHECKLIST FOR CONCLUSION AND EVALUATION CRITERION=

Aspect 2: Evaluating procedure(s). Have you: **
 * Aspect 1: Concluding. Have you: **
 * Described fully any trends shown in the graph. e.g. are the variables in direct proportion - could the line go through zero if errors are taken into account?
 * Commented on any systematic error?
 * Commented on the direction of the systematic error?
 * Commented on any further random errors. i.e. Does the best fit go through all the error bars or were your uncertainties too small?
 * Found a literature value to compare your results to (and cited the source)?
 * Found whether or not the literature value falls within your uncertainty range and commented on this?Found a percentage error between your experimental result and the literature value and commented on this?
 * Listed all possible sources of error and stated whether they were systematic or random?
 * Looked at the relative uncertainties of your data? If a quantity has a large uncertainty, then it would be a weakness.
 * Commented on any faults in the method and looked at each step of the procedure critically to determine where the method was not precise?
 * Commented on time management?
 * Commented on limitations with the method. e.g. limited data range, only investigating a very small part of an interesting field?
 * Commented on any assumptions you made in your method which you made which might not have been correct, this would be a weakness?

** Aspect 3: Improving the investigation. Have you: **

 * ====== Suggested improvements for the weakness stated above? This must include ways of reducing the most significant random error.  ======
 * ====== Commented on how you could reduce the systematic error? ======
 * ====== Commented on how you could have had a better control of the variables? ======