Data Collection Methods in Engineering
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Ricardo C. VicenteData Collection Methods in Engineering
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Ricardo C. VicenteModule 1 – Obtaining Data
Name: Ricardo C. Vicente Subject: MATH 114 ENGINEERING
DATA ANALYSIS
Course/Section: BSEE-2A Date: August 23,2022
Direction: Read the questions carefully.
1. What are three methods of collecting data?
• A retrospective study
• An observational study
• A designed experiment
2. What are the differences between population and sample?
The differences between population and sample is that: population is the entire group of
individuals, scores, measurements, etc. about which we want information.
And the sample is the part of the population from which we actually collect information and is
used to draw conclusions about the whole. The size of the sample is always less than the total
size of the population. A sample is a random selection to make with individuals and gather
information (a process of gathering a representative sample for a particular study. Random
means the people are chosen by chance, each person has the same probability of being
chosen).
3. What is the difference between mechanistic and empirical model?
Mechanistic model is built from our underlying knowledge of the basic physical mechanism. Its
model uses a theory to predict what will happen in the real world. The alternative approach,
empirical modeling, studies real-world events to develop a theory. Empirical model uses our
engineering and scientific knowledge of a phenomenon, but it is not directly developed from our
theoretical or first-principles understanding of the underlying mechanism.
Self-Evaluation:
1. Which of the three basic methods of data collection is the least useful? Why?
Answer: The retrospective study is the least useful it because the results of its study is
not credible sometimes and also its time consuming. As you can see, a retrospective
study may involve a significant amount of data, but those data may contain relatively
little useful information about the problem. Furthermore, some of the relevant data may
be missing, there may be transcription or recording errors resulting in outliers (or
unusual values), or data on other important factors may not have been collected and
archived.
2. Which of the two basic sampling methods is the most useful in conducting surveys? Why?
Answer: The probability sampling where the random sampling involves, allowing you to make
statistical inferences about the whole group. Allows researchers to create a sample that is
accurately representative of the real-life population of interest.
3. What are the advantages the designed experiment method of collecting data has compared
to the two methods?
Answer:
