Res/341 Data Collection

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Running head: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS PAPER Data Collection and Analysis Paper Research and Evaluation I RES/341 October 24, 2005 Data Collection and Analysis Paper There are many forms of data information, primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. However, the most dominant source of information is secondary data. Secondary data will be the information used for this research project. “Studies made by others for their own purposes represent secondary data” (Cooper & Schindler, 2003, p. 152). In today’s information age, the Internet is one of the main sources of secondary data. When researching the subject driving while under the influence statistics, using a search engine one can acquire over 4 million links to secondary information. Two of the several web sites that were used for research purposes are the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s web site and the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving web site. These web sites provided ample statistics regarding driving under the influence. Physiological Laws of Alcohol Breath Testing…show more content…
Henry’s Law is a general scientific principle which relates to diluted solutions of all ideal gases diluted in liquids, not just to ethyl alcohol in blood. This is to say that if the true partition ratio of the blood sample is different from the value assumed by the breath testing instrument, then an error will occur. In addition, variations in temperature have a profound influence on the partition of the breath alcohol concentration. The partition ratio for alcohol in blood decreases by about 6 ½% for each 1 degree C increase in temperature. This implies a 6 ½% increase in breath alcohol concentration when the blood temperature increases by 1 degree C or 1.8 degrees
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