NTHU STAT 5510 - Experimental Design and Analysis

Feb ~ Jun 2024

Instructor

Shao-Wei Cheng

Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University
(鄭少為, 清華大學/統計所)

 

Course outline

    The course will be given on the basis of 3 hours a week (Wednesday, 1:20~3:10PM, and Thursday, 11:10AM~12:00PM) in 綜合三館 room 834. The materials for teaching will be regularly posted on the course website (http://www.stat.nthu.edu.tw/~swcheng/Teaching/stat5510/index.php). 

    Data in statistical studies are often collected by conducting either experiments or surveys. Statistical experimental design is the branch of statistics that deals with the design and analysis of experiments. The methods of experimental design are widely used in the fields of agriculture, medicine, biology, marketing research, and industry. In this course, the topics to be covered include:

 

Textbooks

Wu, C.F.J. and Hamada, M. (2021), Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization. 3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
 
References
:
  1. Dean, A.M., Voss, D., and Draguljic, D. (2017), Design and Analysis of Experiments, 2nd Edition, Springer.

  2. Lawson, J. (2015), Design and Analysis of Experiments with R, Chapman & Hall/CRC.

  3. Faraway, J. J. (2015), Linear Models with R, 2nd Edition, Chapman & Hall/CRC.

  4. Cheng, C.-S. (2014), Theory of Factorial Design: Single- and Multi-Stratum Experiments, Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Assignment

    There will be assignments for each topics. You are free to discuss the assignment questions with your classmates, but you must write up your answers individually. You CANNOT turn answers in as a group or simply reproduce a classmate's write up. All homework must be submitted to our eLearn platform before the start of class on the day it is due.

 

Make-up classes

    When necessary, a make-up class will be offered via video and the internet. Information about the make-up class will be announced on the course homepage before it is offered.

 

Contact method and office hours

    My office is in 綜合三館 room 818 (phone extension: 33162). My office hour is scheduled on Thursday, 10:00~11:00AM. Questions by e-mail are also welcome: my e-mail address swcheng@stat.nthu.edu.tw.

 

    The information of teaching assistants is as follows:

Name Email Address Office Hour
Time Location
陳冠霖 stat111024509@gapp.nthu.edu.tw Tuesday, 3:30~4:20 PM 綜合三館840
宇晉賢 james1140791215@gapp.nthu.edu.tw Wednesday, 12:10~1:00 PM 綜合三館839

 

Grading

    Your grade will be determined by homework (30 %), a midterm (30 %), and a final exam (40 %). 

 

Prerequisites

    Knowledge of linear model and regression analysis (STAT 5410).