Experimental design
Undergraduate · Math
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Undergraduate Experimental design — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable).
Design principles
- Randomization and replication — Randomization and replication
- Blocking — Blocking
- Completely randomized designs — Completely randomized designs
- Randomized complete block designs — Randomized complete block designs
- Latin squares — Latin squares
- Crossover designs (introduction) — Crossover designs (introduction)
- Factorial experiments: main effects — Factorial experiments: main effects
- Interactions — Interactions
Analysis of variance
- One-way ANOVA: decomposition — One-way ANOVA: decomposition
- F-tests — F-tests
- Two-way ANOVA with — Two-way ANOVA with
- Without interaction — Without interaction
- Multiple comparisons: Tukey, Bonferroni — Multiple comparisons: Tukey, Bonferroni
- Fixed vs random effects (introduction) — Fixed vs random effects (introduction)
- Split-plot — Split-plot
- Nested designs (overview) — Nested designs (overview)
Advanced design topics
- Response surface methodology (introduction) — Response surface methodology (introduction)
- Fractional factorial designs — Fractional factorial designs
- Confounding — Confounding
- Aliasing in 2^k designs — Aliasing in 2^k designs
- Optimal design criteria (D- — Optimal design criteria (D-
- A-optimality intro) — A-optimality intro)
Study units
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- Design principles
Randomization and replication
Coming soon - Analysis of variance
One-way ANOVA: decomposition
Coming soon - Advanced design topics
Response surface methodology (introduction)
Coming soon
Notes
Undergraduate Experimental design — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable). Topic outline: `content/topics/undergraduate/experimental_design.json`.