Instructor: Gary Sneddon, HH-3057. phone: 737-8069.
Email: sneddon@math.mun.ca
Webpage: http://www.math.mun.ca/~sneddon
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:30pm,
Thursdays 9:00-11:00am,
Fridays 11:00am-noon,
or by appointment.
Textbook: Design and Analysis of Experiments, 5th Edition,
by Douglas C. Montgomery.
Prerequisites: Math 2050 and either PM/ST 3411 or both Math 1001
and one of ST2501 or ST2560. However, I'm not terribly concerned if you
don't have all these prerequisites, particularly Math 2050. Check with
me if you want to discuss the background courses that you have
completed.
Course Evaluation Five Assignments 30%
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 50%
Software: We will be using the statistical package SAS, which
lives on the university computer plato.ucs.mun.ca. Therefore, you
want to make sure you have an active account on this system. If you do
not have an active account, please go to the C & C office in HH-2012
with your student ID to get your account activated. No previous
knowledge if SAS is required.
The version of SAS we have is not terribly user-friendly. However, it is a widely-used statistical package in government, industry and the medical field. If you want to find some type of statistical job in your future, it will be beneficial if you can tell potential employers that you have some SAS experience. We will spend one class within the first two weeks in the computer lab to get some SAS experience.
Minitab for Windows can also be used for your assignments, if you like. However, we won't spend much time in class on how to use Minitab.
If you do not have an account that allows you to use the computer labs in the math department (HH-3030 and HH-3056), please let me know, and I'll speak with Craig Squires about getting you set up.
Notes.
1. The policy on whether books or notes will be allowed for the test or exam will be announced closer to the test dates.
2. The midterm exam will be held in class on Thursday, Oct. 23. A make-up midterm exam may be permitted, given a valid medical excuse.
4. The final exam will cover the entire course, and will be 2 hours in length.
5. Assignments will usually involve written solutions and problems done on the computer. The due dates for the assignments will be specified on the assignment handouts. Late assignments will lose 10% of the assignment grade for each day the assignment is late.
6. Credit cannot be obtained for both ST3520 and Psychology 3900.
Deferred Examination Policy:
Missing a final examination in a course is a matter with potentially grave consequences. A deferred examination will normally be granted only if it is the middle of three exams within 24 hours, or in cases of bereavement or serious medical problems. Application forms for deferrals are available from the General Office of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics (HH-3003). A request for deferral on grounds of bereavement must be accompanied by an official letter providing date of death and relationship of deceased to the student. A request for deferral for medical reasons must be accompanied by a note on medical letterhead, signed by a physician, and confirming indisputably that the student was unable to write the regularly scheduled examination. The Department does not grant deferred exams to students who claim to have been ill, told their doctor that they were ill, were unable to reach the examination room on time, or have misread or been confused in any way by the examination timetable.
| Week | Date | Topics | Chapter |
| 1 | Sept. 3-5 | Design Principles | 1 |
| 2 | Sept. 8-12 | Review: Two-Sample T-tests | 2 |
| Single Factor Experiments: Model, Estimation | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sept. 15-19 | Mean Squares, Hypothesis Testing; Software | 3 |
| Assignment 1 given out | |||
| 4 | Sept. 22-26 | Assessing Model Assumptions | 3 |
| Treatment Comparisons | |||
| 5 | Sept. 29-Oct. 3 | Treatment Contrasts | 3 |
| Determining Sample Size | |||
| Assignment 2 given out | |||
| 6 | Oct. 6-10 | Review: Paired T-tests | 2 |
| Randomized Complete Block Design: | 4 | ||
| Model, Estimation | |||
| 7 | Oct. 13-17 | Oct. 14: Fall Break: No Class | |
| This Week: Thurs. = Tues. | |||
| Checking Model Assumptions | 4 | ||
| Assignment 3 given out | |||
| 8 | Oct. 20-24 | Latin Square Designs | 4 |
| Oct. 23: Midterm Test | |||
| 9 | Oct. 27-31 | Balanced Incomplete Block Designs: Model | 4 |
| Assignment 4 given out | |||
| 10 | Nov. 3-7 | Incomplete Designs: Analysis | 4 |
| 11 | Nov. 10-14 | Nov. 11: Remembrance Day: No Class | |
| Factorial Designs: Introduction | 5 | ||
| Assignment 5 given out | |||
| 12 | Nov. 17-21 | Factorial Designs: Estimation, Analysis | 5 |
| 13 | Nov. 24-28 | Nested Designs | 13 |
| Random Effects Models | 12 | ||
| 14 | Dec. 1-2 | Random Effects Models | 12 |
| Dec. 2: Last day of classes for this course |