AH investigation report – handling uncertainties

I’ve been asked several questions on uncertainties recently.  Many of these have been about graphs and I have discussed the linest function in Excel. However, not everyone uses a spreadsheet and so I thought the attached file from Learning & Teaching Scotland might be useful, especially if you are drawing graphs by hand.

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AH investigation report guidelines

You should all be well underway with the writing phase of your investigation now.  I have attached some guidance from the SQA that is designed to help you with this.  Check pages 5-9 of the attached pdf document for detailed information on what is required of you in the final report.  Note the word limits and detailed specification of what the marker will be looking for in each section.

Remember that detailed feedback from me will only be possible if I receive your draft report by 3.30pm on Friday.  The deadline for submission is the end of the first week back at school after the Easter holiday.

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