Provide hands-on data collection experience. By collecting data with errors, students gain a better appreciation of data quality and how instruments and field techniques contribute to that error. B,K 1 IAC Review Alumni Reviews and Surveys Provide instruction in error control and interpretation of error. Students learn rules for handling systematic errors, random errors and blunders. Students learn elementary statistical methods to aid in error control.
Students appreciate the notions of accuracy and precision.
Students understand how to meet client expectations in terms of data quality. Strategies and Actions Student Learning Outcomes ABET 2000 Criterion 3. Students develop an appreciation of how one set of surveying data relates to another. Students learn the importance of referencing their projects properly. E 1 IAC Review Alumni Reviews and Surveys Force students to coordinate data collection across several teams and to cooperate with members of their own team.