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. 17 DDD
        Ch. 1 (Principles of experimental design)
OLRT
        Ch. 1 (Introduction)
        2.1 & 2.2 (Randomization)

Jan. 22 DDD
        2.1 & 2.2 (Types of Factors and Factorial experiments)
        2.3 (Blocking Factorials only, example 2.3)
        3.1 (Randomizing an experiment)
        4.1 & 4.2 (Numerical Summaries, Graphical analysis)
OLRT
        2.3 (Performing a Randomization)
        3.1-3.2 (Completely Randomized Designs)
        3.2 (Preliminary Exploratory Analysis )
        8.1 & 8.4 (Factorial experiments, interaction plots)
        13.1-13.2.1 (Blocking & Randomized Complete Block design)

Jan. 29 DDD
        5.1 (Aligning for other effects)
OLRT
        2.4 (Randomization for Inference)

Feb. 2 OLRT
        3.3-3.8 (One-way ANOVA, parameter estimates)

Feb. 5 DDD
        5.3 (Residual plots & Diagnostics - review)
OLRT
        Ch. 6 (Checking assumptions)

Feb. 7 OLRT
        3.10 (Modeling Trends)

Feb. 9 DDD
        2.2 (Factorial Experiments)
        5.2 (Modeling Effects)
        5.4 (Analysis of Variance, or ANOVA)
OLRT
        3.3 & 3.4 (Modeling)
        Ch. 8:8.1-8.6 (Balanced Factorials)

End of topics for Exam 1