Statistics 503: Design of Experiments
Course Syllabus
Fall 2007

Location: 215 Thomas Building    Time:  Monday and Wednesday 9:05 - 9:55am
Location:  004 Life Sciences Bldg  Time:  Friday 9:05 - 9:55am.

Professor:  James L Rosenberger     Email:  JLR@psu.edu
Phone:  (814) 865-1340     Course materials will be distributed through ANGEL at <cms.psu.edu>
Office Hours:  Thursday 1:30-3:00pm, and by appointment at 323F Thomas Building.

Teaching Assistant:  Natalia Tchetcherina
Email:  nxt7@psu.edu          Phone:  (814) 863-9907
Office Hours:  by appointment at 514 Wartik Bldg

Course Requirements:
8-10 Homework assignments graded. 40% (10% penalty for late assignments)
Experiment design and analysis Project.10% (due last week of class)
Two preliminary examinations. 15% each (Monday Oct 8, & Nov 12)
Comprehensive final examination. 20%
Final exam date:  Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 at 12:20pm - 2:10pm in Room 215 Thomas Bldg.

Text:   Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery, 6th edition. 2005, Wiley.

Coverage: The course will cover most of the material in the text, chapters 1-15. The students will be required to use statistical computer software to complete many homework assignments and the project.  For most assignments the Minitab GLM or SAS Proc GLM and Proc Mixed commands will satisfy the computing requirements.  Minitab DOE commands are also utilized. 

Syllabus:  Preliminary order of material. (updated 9/26/07)

  1. Introduction - Design Principles.
  2. Simple Comparative Experiments and multiple comparisons.
  3. Single Factor experiments, power calculations, allocation of samples.
  4. Randomized Blocks, Latin Square Designs and extensions
  5. Introduction to Factorial Designs
  6. Two level, 2^k, Designs
  7. Confounding and Blocking in 2^k Designs
  8. 2-level Fractional Factorial Designs
  9. 3-level and Mixed-level Factorials and Fractional Factorials
  10. Regression models
  11. Response Surface Methodology
  12. Robust Parameter Designs
  13. Random and Mixed Effects Models
  14. Nested and Split Plot and Strip Plot Designs
  15. Repeated Measures Designs, unbablanced AOV and ANCOVA

References (partial list):

  1. Box, GEP, Hunter, WG, and Hunter, JS, 1978, Statistics for Experimenters, Wiley.
  2. Box, GEP and Draper, NR 1987, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces, Wiley.
  3. Cochran, WG and Cox, GM, 1957, Experimental Designs, Wiley.
  4. Fisher, RA, 1966, The Design of Experiments, 8th edit., Hafner.
  5. Hinkelmann, K and Kempthorne, O, 1994, Design and Analysis of Experiments (Vol I), Wiley.
  6. Pukelsheim, F, 1993, Optimal Design of Experiments,Wiley.
  7. Winer, BJ, 1962, Statistical Principles in Experimental Design,2nd edit., McGraw-Hill.
  8. Wu, C.F. Jeff and Michael Hamada, 2000, Experiments: Planning, Analysis , and Parameter Design Optimization, Wiley.

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