Lab 1 Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment

In this writing assignment you will create a figure, write a caption for it, and write a paragraph of text to reference and explain the figure. In doing this, you will learn how to create a well-designed figure to clearly and effectively present captured data. You will also learn how to refer to the figure in supporting text by writing a short paragraph to explain the significance of the data and the important takeaways.

Statement of Work

You must prepare a figure showing the acceleration plots recorded from your robot in the tank. The figure should plot the measured acceleration in x, y, and z overlaid on a single axis. The figure must be accompanied by a descriptive caption. In addition to the figure, you must write a short 150-200 word paragraph explaining and interpreting the acceleration data. In your text, you should describe the planned trajectory of your robot, the actual trajectory that it took, and describe how this actual trajectory corresponds to the plotted acceleration data.

Effort

A figure of acceleration plots is present and shows the required traces.
The figure has a caption
There is a paragraph of text explaining the contents of the figure.

Completion

Figure Design

Y-axis label is clear and descriptive of the dependent variable
X-axis label is clear and descriptive of the independent variable
All axis ticks are legible
Graph is easily readable (e.g., appropriate fonts, line weights and data markers and not overly cluttered)
Legend is present and well-placed if multiple lines are present on the plot (e.g., no on top of any data)
Correct units in the labels for both axes (e.g., Distance [m])
Data is shown with good level of zoom to highlight the important parts of the captured trace. Beginning and end of the trace is trimmed.
Data overlayed well (e.g., all three axes of acceleration measurements are plotted together on the same axes in different colors.)

Caption

Contains a figure number.
Includes a succinct description of the contents of the figure.
Is free of grammar and spelling issues.

Supporting Text

Refers to each figure
Explains the significance and meaning of the figure.
Correct sentence mechanics like cohesion and coherence between sentences and no run-ons.
Correct paragraph mechanics like topic sentences and placement at breaks between ideas.
Language is not stilted and jargon is kept to a reasonable minimum.

Code

Code used to process and plot the captured data is present.
Each script file has a descriptive filename (e.g., acceleration_data_procesor.m).
Filename, author name, author email, and date included at the top of each script file.
Each function contains a comment at the top describing its purpose.

Comments

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