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Data and Data Collection: Fundamentally - 2 Types of Data
Data and Data Collection: Fundamentally - 2 Types of Data
Observations,
Tests,
Surveys,
Document analysis
(the research literature)
Quantitative Methods
y = f(x)
Which is which here?
Key Factors for High Quality
Experimental Design
Data should not be contaminated by poor
measurement or errors in procedure.
Not accurate
But precise Neither accurate
nor precise
Interpreting Results of
Experiments
Error analyses
Mean
• In science the term mean is really the
arithmetic mean
• Given by the equation
n
1
• X = /n
i=1
xi