C02 — Data Collection & Analytical Diagrams

Hamilton College · Year 12 · 2026

The second SAT checkpoint covers how you gather evidence about your client's needs and how you model the system you are about to build. You will collect data from real people, prepare it for analysis, and produce three analytical diagrams — all under timed, hand-drawn conditions.

Key concepts

Short explainers for the concepts most commonly confused or under-done at each rubric band:

• Context Diagram vs Data Flow Diagram — what can appear on each diagram, side-by-side; the most common notation errors in C2-2
• What Is an Entity? — why entities include external systems (APIs, email servers) as well as human users; how to find every entity from your user stories
• Explaining vs Describing Your Data Collection — the exact rubric difference between 7–8 and 9–10 for Indicator 1; worked examples of each level

Resources

• C02 Resources — per-topic reading and videos, including external resources for use case diagrams, qualitative vs quantitative data, and «include» vs «extend»

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