STAT 5710: Introduction to Experimental Design
(Dual-listed with STAT 4710).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
The role of statistics in research and the principles of experimental design. Concepts of experimental and observational units, randomization, replication, blocking, subdividing and repeatedly measuring experimental units; factorial treatment designs and confounding; common designs including randomized complete block design, Latin square design, split-plot design, and analysis of data from such common designs; extensions of the analysis of variance to cover variance components. Determining sample size. Graduation Restriction: Credit in only one of STAT 4020, STAT 4710, or STAT 5710 may be applied to graduation. May not be used for graduate credit in the Statistics MS and PhD degree programs. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)