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Variations on Nested Designs

A short description of the post.

Split-Plot Designs

A short description of the post.

Nested Designs

A short description of the post.

Optimal Response Surface Designs

A short description of the post.

Mixture Experiments

A short description of the post.

Blocking in Response Surface Designs

A short description of the post.

Optimizing Multiple Responses

Tracking several criteria simultaneously.

Designs for Response Surfaces

Where to sample along a response surface.

Method of Steepest Ascent

Sequential strategies for response surfaces.

Canonical Analysis

Characterizing optima in response surfaces.

Foldover in $2^{K - p}$ Designs

Strategies for dealiasing effects in follow-up experiments.

$2^{K - p}$ Fractional Factorial Designs

Even smaller fractions for more sample efficient experiments.

Projection and Blocking in $2^{K - p}$ Designs

Special considerations designing fractional factorials.

Saturated Designs

Very efficient analysis of a large set of factors.

Addition of Center Points

Extra points that help for checking nonlinearities.

$2^{K - 1}$ Fractional Factorial Designs

Reducing the number of samples required in factorial designs.

$2^K$ Designs and Regression

How effect estimates can be found using linear regression.

$2^K$ Designs are Optimal

Some notions of optimality in experimental design.

Examples of $2^K$ Designs

Three case studies in using $2^K$ designs.

Unreplicated $2^K$ Designs

Characterizing effects when only one replicate is available.

$2 ^ 3$ Factorial Design

A short description of the post.

Interpreting effects in $2 ^ 3$ Designs

Testing, uncertainty, and visualization in $2^3$ designs.

$2^2$ Factorial Designs

Two factors each with two levels.

Interpreting Effects in $2^2$ Designs

Drawing conclusions from parameter estimates.

General Factorial Designs

Factorial designs with arbitrary numbers of factors

An Introduction to Response Surfaces

Flexibly modeling the relationship between factors and a response.

Two-Factor Factorial Design

Modeling and testing with two factors of interest

Following-up Two-Factor Fits

Multiple comparisons, model checking, and other post-estimation checks.

Balanced Incomplete Block Designs

An alternative to RCBDs in the limited sample setting

Introduction to Factorial Designs

Characterizing multiple facotrs in a single experiment.

RCBD with Random Block Effects

The random effects analog of RCBD designs

Latin Squares, part 1

An alternative to RCBDs that works with two nuisance factors.

Latin Squares, part 2

Extensions of Latin Squares.

Randomized Complete Block Design

Dealing with batch effects using a generalization of pairing.

RCBD Diagnostics

Multiple comparison and model checks for RCBDs

Fitting Random Effects

Using the method of moments or maximum likelihood to estimate parameters

Nonparametric ANOVA

A model-free alternative to ANOVA.

Random Effects

An introduction to random effects models

Contrasts

Making pointed comparisons between treatment levels in ANOVA

Multiple Comparisons

The multiple comparisons problem and some solutions.

ANOVA

The ANOVA model and sum-of-squares decomposition

Model Checking

How should we check the assumptions of the ANOVA model?

Diagnostics and Power

Tricks to make sure tests aren't applied blindly

Testing Differences in Means

The basic principles of hypothesis testing.

Common Distributions

Distributions that appear across experimental design.

Probability Review

Probability distributions, their properties, and relationships.

Principles and Vocabulary

An introduction to randomization, replication, and blocking.

Motivating Examples

Why are experiments run in the first place?

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