Hello, Eric—and welcome to English Forums. Both of your sentences have problems. I suggest: I followed a data collection method and analytical approach similar to those of the 2011 audit.
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Welcome Eric87! Which of the follwing two sentences make more sense?
I followed a data-collection method and an analytical approach similar to those