Design of Experiments

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1. Scientific method and the art of discovery purpose and types of designed experiments
2. Basic statistics
3. Comparative experiments
   1. Boy's shoe example
   2. Case study in experimental design
4. Pilot Plan example
   1. In-class designed experiment
5. Factorial design at two levels
6. Main effects and interactions
7. Basic principles of experimentation
8. Normal probability plots
9. Planning the experiment
10. Experimental error
11. In-class designed experiment
12. Fractional factorial designs
13. Conducting the experiment
14. Analyzing the experiment
15. Residual analysis
16. Taguchi's quality philosophy and methodology
17. Human aspects of designed experiments

Course Content/Main Topics	% Of Time Spent on Topic
Learning basics: scientific methods, basic statistics, passive/active tools	10%
Application of designed experiments: comparative experiments and multiple variable experiments	15%
Factorial design: planning and conducting the experiment, full factorial designs, fractional factorial designs	45%
Experimental analysis: main and interactive effects, experimental error, normal probability plots, identification of "active" efforts, residual analysis	25%
Taguchi designs: orthogonal arrays, analysis and comparisons to factorial designs	5%

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