Reading Assignments

We will use the following sources for readings:

DDD - Design, Data, and Deduction: An Introduction to Experimental Design, self-published notes by R.V. Lenth (1994).
(DDD notes are available on ICON).

OLRT - Oehlert, G.W. (2000). A First Course in Design and Analysis of Experiments, New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.



Jan. 21 DDD
        Ch. 1 (Principles of experimental design)
        2.1 & 2.2 (Types of Factors and Factorial experiments)
OLRT
        Ch. 1 (Introduction)
        2.1 & 2.2 (Randomization)

Jan. 26 OLRT
        8.1 & 8.4 (Factorial experiments, interaction plots)

Jan. 28 DDD
        2.3 (Blocking)
        2.4 (Some more complex plans)
OLRT
        Ch. 13 (Blocking... Don't get caught in the details yet, we will return to this later)
        12.1-12.4 (Crossed vs. nested, mixed effects... same comment as above)

Feb. 2 DDD
        3.1 (Randomizing an experiment)
        4.2 (Graphical analysis)
OLRT
        2.3 (Randomizing)
        3.2 & 3.9 (Exploratory analysis, and Plots)

Feb. 4 DDD
        5.1 (Aligning for other effects)
OLRT
        2.4 (Randomization tests)

Feb. 9 DDD
        5.2 (Modeling)
        5.3 (Residual plots & Diagnostics - review)
OLRT
        3.3 & 3.4 (Modeling)
        Ch. 6 (Checking assumptions)

Feb. 16 DDD
        5.4 (Analysis of Variance, or ANOVA)
OLRT
        3.5-3.8 (Analysis of Variance, or ANOVA)
        3.10 (Modeling Trends)

End of topics for Exam 1

Feb. 20 OLRT
        Ch. 4 (Contrasts)

Feb. 27 OLRT
        Ch. 5 (Multiple testing and Multiple comparisons)

March 9 OLRT
        Ch. 7 (Power and Sample Size)

March 13 OLRT
        Ch. 8 (Factorials)

March 23 OLRT
        Section 9.2.4 (Tukey 1 d.f. test)

March 25 OLRT
        Ch. 10 (Unbalanced Designs)

End of topics for Exam 2

March 30 OLRT
        Ch. 11 (Random effects)

April 8 OLRT
        Section 12.1-12.5 (Nested, Crossed, Fixed, and Random effects, and Mixed models. Unrestricted model only.)

April 13 Lenth handout   [PDF]
        `Simplified diagrams, models, and expected mean squares' (To replace 12.6 & 12.7 OLRT.)

April 20 OLRT
        Section 11.4 (Approximate F-tests)
        Sections 16.1-16.3 (Split-plot Designs. All relevant except Hasse diagrams.)

End of topics for Exam 3

April 22 OLRT
        Sections 13.1-13.2 (Blocking: RCBD)
        Sections 13.3 only 13.3.1-13.3.4 (Blocking: Latin Squares)

April 27 OLRT
        Section 16.6 (Repeated measures)

May 4 OLRT
        Section 14.1 (Balanced Incomplete Block Designs)