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CEGR 492 · Chapter 3 — Research Methodology

Data Plan

Field survey: the horizontal and vertical control every alignment and grade later depends on.

Data Requirements and Collection Plan

Identify every piece of information the methodology needs, where it comes from and how quality is controlled.

Identify every piece of information the methodology needs, where it comes from and how quality is controlled.

Learning objectives

  • Inventory required data
  • Match data to a source or a collection method
  • Define quality control and data management

Engineering guidance

Every data item needs a source, a unit and a plan for what happens when it is unavailable.

FE Civil connection

Probability and Statistics

Handbook §4 — Sampling and measurement (placeholder)

  • What sample size supports a stated confidence?
  • How are outliers treated defensibly?
  • What is measurement precision versus accuracy?

Technical methodology planner

Plan Chapter 3 against the exact equations, standards, data sources and design checks you will execute in Capstone II.

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