Experimental Design – Spring 2007 Schedule

26 Syllabus, course goals Identifying sources of uncertainty Estimating measurement uncertainty “Error” propagation Receive Homework 1 Read Ch. 1 & 2  in text.	29 – PC Lab Introduction to Excel and Matlab for data display and summary statistics Read Ch. 3 (thru 3.2) in text	30 Summary statistics. Exploratory data analysis. Models for parameter estimation. Models for multifactor effects. Receive Homework 2. Read Ch. 3 (thru 3.4) in text.
2 Regression models for linear, multiple linear, & nonlinear dependence. Read Ch. 3 (thru 3.5) in text.	5 – PC Lab Project:  Establish calibration curve for spectrophotometric determination of CVD concentration Read Ch. 4 (thru 4.2) in text	6 – Homework 1 due Assessing fit of a regression model. Receive Homework 3. Read Ch. 4 (thru 4.4) in text
9 Modeling random error. Discrete distributions for QA/QC. Normal distribution for uncertainty. Normal probability plots Read Ch. 5 (thru 5.3) in text.	12 – PC Lab Project:  Normal Probability Plots	13 – Homework 2 due Describing uncertainty around the mean. Confidence, prediction, and tolerance intervals.
16 – Dr. Young out of town Introduction to statistical process analysis and control.	19 – PC Lab Project:  Evaluate process behavior from production line data. Read Handout on Statistical Process Analysis and Control	20 – Homework 3 due Statistical process analysis and control
23 Review Receive Homework 4.	26 – PC Lab Exam #1 (Ch 1-5.3 + notes from weeks 1 - 3) Read Ch. 5 (thru 5.5) in text.	27  Hypothesis testing (sample vs. accepted value). Read Ch. 6 in text
30 Hypothesis testing (paired sample & independent sample) Read Ch. 7 (thru 7.4) in text.	3 – PC Lab Project:  Evaluate significance of production line changes	4 – Homework 4 due ANOM to test significance of one factor Read Ch. 7 (thru 7.7) in text
7 ANOVA to test significance of one factor.	10 – PC Lab Project:  Design experiment to determine polymer erosion rates in space	11 Experimental design Sample sizes for hypothesis testing (t-test, ANOM, ANOVA) Read Ch. 8 (thru 8.2) in text Receive Homework 5.
14 Testing for effects and interactions with 2 factors	17 – PC Lab Project:  Analysis of a multifactor experiment Read Ch. 8 (thru 8.4) in text.	18 – Homework 5 due Experimental Design Replication (and lack thereof) and blocking. Read Ch. 9 in text
21 Experimental Design 2^k Factorial and fractional 2^k factorial designs – why & how. Read Ch. 10 in text	24 – PC Lab Exam #2 (Ch 1-8 + in-class stuff)	25  Regression and correlation Read Ch. 11 in text
28 – No Class	31 – PC Lab Project:  Analysis of a regression modeling experiment	1 Response Surface Methods
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