11/29/2021 JEE 613 Final Exam

JEE 613: Research Methodology

Final Exam Online
1 December 2021

Professor R. H. B. Exell

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Tuesday 7 December 2021.
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1. The table below shows monthly wind energy data measured by pilot baloons
at height 500 m above the ground at Bang Na in Bangkok 16 km north of the
coast, and at Bangkok Pilot Station, a platform in the sea 16 km south of the
coast where the wind is measured at height 30 m above the sea surface.

(a) Plot graphs of the wind energy densities at Bang Na and Bangkok Pilot
Station versus months of the year. Write brief descriptions, based on these
two graphs, of how the wind energy varies throughout the year at these two
sites.

(b) Plot a scatter diagram of the monthly wind energies at Bang Na versus
the monthly wind energies at Bangkok Pilot Station. Calculate the correlation
coefficient between the wind energy densities at these two sites.

(c) Test the significance of the correlation coefficient. (Although the

formula for testing the significance of the correlation coefficient is valid only
for samples with at least 20 data points, you can use it here because each data
point is an average over all the days of the month.)

(d) Write your opinion on the suitability of these wind energy measurements
for assessing the potential of off-shore wind energy farms in the Gulf of
Thailand.

 
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Mean Wind Energy Density (MJ/m2 per day)

 Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec 
Bang Na 10.7 21.4 24.5 29.3 16.8 16.3 10.4 12.1 5.5 5.6 10.9 8.4
Bangkok
Pilot 5.4 13.1 20.7 32.3 20.5 14.3 11.1 11.4 7.9 7.2 12.0 7.2
Station

2. (a) Design six slides, each with a 30-second spoken text, to present a
proposal for research based on: either your research for a previous degree, or
sponsored research that you have done, or your JGSEE thesis topic, or a new
idea that interests you. [Please save your presentation as a PDF file.]

(b) Your proposal should have: a suitable title, and a statement of the
rationale (reasons) for the research.

(c) State the measurements to be made, or the data to be collected, and how
the measurements or the data will be analyzed.

(d) Say what results are expected, and what conclusions will be drawn from
the results.

3. Write a discussion, in about 250 words, of the old phlogiston theory, and
how it was replaced by today's theory. Base your discussion on "Section 2.2.1
Combustion" in the textbook. Your discussion should contain:

(a) A suitable title.

(b) A statement of what the scientists believed in the phlogiston theory.

(c) How experiments disproved the phlogiston theory.

(d) How the new theory, which is accepted today, explained the processes of
combustion, and respiration in plants and animals.

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